No matter what she does, Sam keeps repeating the same day, Groundhog Day-style. As they leave the party, Sam and her friends get into a fatal car accident - and, a moment later, Sam wakes up to find it's the morning of the same Friday she just lived. But at the party, where Sam was supposed to have sex for the first time with her boyfriend, Rob (Kian Lawley), the popular girls get into an ugly confrontation with Juliet (Elena Kampouris), the school misfit they've been bullying for years. Sam and her three best friends - including queen bee Lindsay ( Halston Sage), Elody (Medalion Rahimi), and Ally Harris (Cynthy Wu) - plan to end their day at a keg party hosted by Kent ( Logan Miller), Sam's former childhood friend. Sam seems to have it all as she heads off to school on 'Cupid Day' - the Friday before Valentine's Day, when everyone gets roses at school from friends, significant others, and secret admirers.

In the end, though, the movie poses questions about how teens want to be remembered and has messages about the importance of second chances, the role of empathy, and the value of redemption, courage, and communication.īased on Lauren Oliver's best-selling 2010 young-adult novel, BEFORE I FALL follows 17-year-old Samantha 'Sam' Kingston ( Zoey Deutch). But the day always ends in a party with underage drinking and either a careless-driving-related accident or suicide. On some of the repeated days, there's stronger language (including one use of 'f-king hell,' plus the occasional 'b-tch' and 's-t') and more sexual behavior (there's one sex scene, and Sam even propositions a teacher one day) than others. The movie, like the book, has plenty of iffy teen behavior, including partying, sex, verbal and physical bullying, and lying. Parents need to know that Before I Fall is based on Lauren Oliver's best-selling young-adult novel about 17-year-old Samantha Kingston ( Zoey Deutch), who, after a seemingly fatal car accident, wakes up to live the same Friday over and over again. One character gets so drunk that she gets sick.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Teens drink and get drunk at a party (parents are out of town).

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