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Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) is the former Emperess of the ruthless Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe. In this universe, she escaped to run her own space club outside of Federation territories. Secret Starfleet agency Section 31 sends a group of disparate operators to track down Philippa.

I don't want to be a Star Trek originalist. This doesn't have to be a perfect representation of the franchise. It just has to be good. It's not. The sets are TV. This struggles to transition from TV to a full length theatrical film. It's all a mess. Hopefully, Alex Kurtzman will pull back and use 31 more sparingly.

Joe Gimlet (Lee Tracy) is a simple tobacco store owner struggling to get by in New York City. His friend Ted is suddenly rich after marrying wealthy Elvira (Peggy Shannon), a girl which Joe could have married in the past. Ted offers him a lucrative deal, but his wife Mary (Mae Clarke) rejects it. Joe and Mary have a fight. Joe vows to marry the girl with the money next time around. He gets hit by a car and wakes up 20 years in the past. He gets to choose again.

The problem is that Joe needs to show his love for Mary at the beginning. The story should be a choice between love and money. Joe is the author of his own difficulties. He could still marry Mary while doing business with Elvira's father. That's the other path. The movie should make Elvira more horrible before their marriage. I get the idea behind the attempt, but it's not completely working here. The Three Stooges appear in a film for the first time without Ted Healy although they are not the Stooges in this.