Spontaneous

Imagine if your best friend just literally exploded in front of your face. Actually. Don't. It's kinda awful.

That's the main gist of this story. From some day on, students in a certain high school class start exploding, so they just vanish, i.e. Become nothingness. Our characters have to deal with the horrors and unpredictability of this and inevitably make a few decisions that they otherwise would have not.

These explosions are supposed to be seen metaphorically. Life is hard, everything can happen at any time. Life can end at any time, s*** happens. So the really, you have to start living and enjoying your life. Do dare to take some chances that you might have been too afraid to. Ask out the girl you have a crush on, go to this event that you're still unsure of, finally start learning this thing that you're procrastinating on. Life is short and life is unpredictable. Begin before it's too late.

While the metaphor is good (albeit cliche), I was somehow pretty bored by this movie. It somehow took me about two weeks to finish. Really, it was just going nowhere, we all knew that the lover was eventually going to explode and we all knew that these lead to some sort of desperation. They basically didn't try to make any explanations about the explosions and many actions seem so unrealistic. Would parents really allow their children to still go to school after this? Would Dylan's mom really talk like that? Etc etc. It just didn't feel right.

I liked it. A welcome tongue in cheek high school comedy-ish (a black comedy, moreso) about seniors Mara and Dylan, who finally begin to date after their classmates randomly begin to explode. It sounds like a horror feature, but it's really not. It's more like a nod to the old hippie song "Live for Today," because the kids aren't promised a tomorrow, so why not do what you want today? I say kids, but the rest of the senior class is mere window dressing; our story is firmly about our featured couple, luckily played with great fervor by Katherine Langford and Charlie Plummer. We're not looking at great depth, but it's a sweet romance, mildly thought provoking, and nakedly honest look at young adult awakening, and life is general. We could all remember to enjoy more of today, and worry less about tomorrow. Recommended.

Although its a little campy and cringy at times, its an overall very entertaining film with a good message. Tries to be too clever at times but is 100% worth the watch. Don't believe the haters and go in expecting a fun movie not Shawshank redemption and you will enjoy it!

Make today the first day of the rest of your life, live every day as if it's your last, seize the day, seize the moment - but does it really matter or make any difference and can you really do anything about it. That all depends on your nihilistic tendencies which, after watching this, may have become increasingly acute.

This isn't a comedy or a horror movie. It's a teen drama. I get what they were trying to do. This is supposed to be a metaphor for life but it doesn't really work. We get it, life is random and sad things happen and we don't know why but that's not why you watch a movie in which teens spontaneously explode. Why them? Why is it happening? Why did it suddenly stop? There's no conclusion to this movie other then the metaphor. It doesn't work and it makes no sense. Life is random and it sucks but oh, it's so great to be alive? Kind of a dumb conclusion if you ask me but whatever.

The cast is ok, they are definitely trying but unfortunately it's not funny, it's not scary and to be honest I was bored for the majority of the movie. Can't recommend it. Sorry.

Btw, Longford should stop playing the teen. She's 26 y/o and she is talented enough to take more serious roles.