As stated in my title, the movie kept my attention and felt like a pre-2020 movie, albeit of middling quality (which is more than I can say about most 2020+ movies).
That said, it suffered from poor writing. We're supposed to care about the poor shlub that, while driving drunk and not paying attention to the road, mowed down the girl and left her for dead. Sorry, learning later that she was still alive and his "friend" concealed that from him (more on that in a moment) doesn't change any of that.
To add to the unlikeability of the main character, if he thought he had killed (and left) her, he should have the least bit of decorum to not go out on a date with her sister, let alone have her fall in love with him. Was that ever going to end in a happy ending? In fact, he (and she) seemed to have moved past the girl/sister's death quite quickly, with the two of them going on fun dates like a sushi dinner and then kayaking, with the two of them giggling (I think the dead girl's body was just a few days cold by this point).
OK, so he's a jerk/dope that we shouldn't root for to end up not being incarcerated by the end of the movie, but let's talk about one of the bigger twists at the end that I predicted early on. Recap of events: The dope met a girl at the club, she gave him her number, he immediately called her from his cell so she'd have his, then he gets drunker, drives, and mows her down (unintentionally, but recklessly). It's understandable that he doesn't remember at that moment (while in a state of shock and drunkenness) that he had called her, so he doesn't take her phone with him (which might not have mattered, as the police could have gotten call logs from the girls cell company), but he *should* have remembered that the next day and figured it would add some complications to trying to cover up his crime. So he should have stopped using his phone, ditched it, and then when he reported the car stolen, he should have mentioned that his phone was in the car that was stolen.
Of course, none of that mattered much, because the twisted neighbor friend ends up confessing to the sister (before he hits her, but doesn't quite kill her, with an oar) that the dead girl/sister was still alive, basically setting things up for the sister and doofus to reunite and live happily ever after in the sequel.
Oh that's right, I was supposed to talk about the stupidity of the dead girl surviving the hit-and-run. So drunken doofus mowed her down, and there was nothing to indicate that the evil neighbor/friend had caused this to happen in any way. And, in fact, evil neighbor/friend tried to resuscitate her while drunken doofus looked on. But she showed no signs of life, and they left. So we're supposed to believe that evil neighbor/friend *intentionally* brought her back to life, but *only* enough life that she would still die that night?
That said, it suffered from poor writing. We're supposed to care about the poor shlub that, while driving drunk and not paying attention to the road, mowed down the girl and left her for dead. Sorry, learning later that she was still alive and his "friend" concealed that from him (more on that in a moment) doesn't change any of that.
To add to the unlikeability of the main character, if he thought he had killed (and left) her, he should have the least bit of decorum to not go out on a date with her sister, let alone have her fall in love with him. Was that ever going to end in a happy ending? In fact, he (and she) seemed to have moved past the girl/sister's death quite quickly, with the two of them going on fun dates like a sushi dinner and then kayaking, with the two of them giggling (I think the dead girl's body was just a few days cold by this point).
OK, so he's a jerk/dope that we shouldn't root for to end up not being incarcerated by the end of the movie, but let's talk about one of the bigger twists at the end that I predicted early on. Recap of events: The dope met a girl at the club, she gave him her number, he immediately called her from his cell so she'd have his, then he gets drunker, drives, and mows her down (unintentionally, but recklessly). It's understandable that he doesn't remember at that moment (while in a state of shock and drunkenness) that he had called her, so he doesn't take her phone with him (which might not have mattered, as the police could have gotten call logs from the girls cell company), but he *should* have remembered that the next day and figured it would add some complications to trying to cover up his crime. So he should have stopped using his phone, ditched it, and then when he reported the car stolen, he should have mentioned that his phone was in the car that was stolen.
Of course, none of that mattered much, because the twisted neighbor friend ends up confessing to the sister (before he hits her, but doesn't quite kill her, with an oar) that the dead girl/sister was still alive, basically setting things up for the sister and doofus to reunite and live happily ever after in the sequel.
Oh that's right, I was supposed to talk about the stupidity of the dead girl surviving the hit-and-run. So drunken doofus mowed her down, and there was nothing to indicate that the evil neighbor/friend had caused this to happen in any way. And, in fact, evil neighbor/friend tried to resuscitate her while drunken doofus looked on. But she showed no signs of life, and they left. So we're supposed to believe that evil neighbor/friend *intentionally* brought her back to life, but *only* enough life that she would still die that night?