Look Both Ways

A decent romantic movie about a topic probably most of us contemplated about at least once in our lives: what if? What if one thing had happened in a different way, altering our lives forever? Look both ways plays with this thought in a simple, rather Hollywoodian way. There are no really deep messages or actions here, and thankfully no major or cringeworthy drama either; it's just an easy movie for a Sunday afternoon. Glad to see Lili Reinhart gradually escaping her Riverdale past/present. I would also love to see a movie with this topic that is deeper and more contemplative (probably by a Scandinavian production, that would elevate it as they typically handle harder topics in a marvelous way).

From Netflix come the captivating character drama _Look Both Ways_. At a college graduation party Natalie takes a pregnancy test and the timeline splits (a la _Sliding Doors_) where in one timeline she’s pregnant and decides to have the baby and faces the challenges of being a single mother, and in the other she isn’t and goes off to LA to pursue a career. Lili Reinhart gives an excellent performance playing two versions of the same character; showing subtle differences and character growth as their paths diverge. Additionally, the script is well-written and does an impressive job at balancing the two timelines and at distinguishing each of them so that the audience always knows where they are. And the message of the film, that there’s no one set course for our lives and that whichever path we choice, it will have its ups and downs, is remarkably refreshing. An entertaining and provocative film, _Look Both Ways_ has some interesting thing to say.