The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Review: A Couple s Never-Ending Reality Re-spawns Beautiful Breakthroughs The Map of Tiny Perfect Things Review: A Couple s Never-Ending Reality Re-spawns Beautiful Breakthroughs
Two young lovers find joy in life s magical minutiae as they repeat the same day over and over in this familiar but appealing romantic comedy.
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Running time: Running time: 99 MIN.
Before we’re even out of the opening credits of “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things,” director Ian Samuels and screenwriter Lev Grossman waste no time clueing us into its premise revolving around a time loop that will teach its teen protagonists to accept life’s little gifts and major detours. This John Green-lite fantasy for the young-adult crowd holds many sequences that sparkle and shine, but a few that stumble and sag as well. Yet the feature’s genteel, sweet spirit and radiant lead performances rescue it from forgettable mediocrity