She Dies Tomorrow

MOVIE #1,297 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 12.26.23 I went into this with some trepidation, after not really getting anything out of Sun Don’t Shine. But I wound up loving this movie. It’s clever in a subtle, multifaceted way, and while some of its digital gloss and post-production FX were a little distracting, I think it’s generally a good-looking film (though I wonder what the Super 16 format, which Amy Seimetz utilized in her debut, could have done). This could be read as an interesting take on the doomsday scenario and/or the idea of prophecy. The movie beckons the audience to make these inferences at the very least. And I liked how she presented couples in different stages of their relationship, and an examination of this through an apocalyptic lens. Kate Lyn Sheil and Kentucker Audley return (the latter in a smaller role) eight years later and much better at the craft, alongside the great Jane Adams and a slew of notable, effective character actors. This is a very confident film that leans into its philosophical and absurd premise with gusto. I’m looking forward to what Seimetz does next.

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She Dies Tomorrow is a 2020 American psychological thriller horror film written, directed, and produced by Amy Seimetz. It stars Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton, Chris Messina, Tunde Adebimpe, Jennifer Kim, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Michelle Rodriguez, Josh Lucas and Adam Wingard. It was released on July 31, 2020.