Palm Springs
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
What critics thought
A time-loop comedy that critics broadly loved for doing something genuinely fresh with a well-worn premise — using the Groundhog Day structure as a launching pad for questions about meaning, connection, and surrender. The film was widely praised for balancing irreverent silliness with unexpected emotional weight, though some noted the breakneck pace barely leaves room for its bigger ideas to breathe.
“The movie always seems on the brink of biting off more than a super energetic 90-minute comedy can chew, and the sheer momentum of the storytelling doesn't give the story time to slow down.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“Palm Springs is to time-loop movies as Zombieland was to the undead genre: It's an irreverent take on a form where earlier iterations were obliged to take themselves seriously.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Palm Springs is the perfect kind of art-comedy. It comes on like a brilliantly silly little lark and eventually lands on you like a ton of bricks.”
Vince Mancini·Uproxx
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorMax Barbakow
StarringAndy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner
ComposerMatthew Compton
Palm Springs
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.
What critics thought
A time-loop comedy that critics broadly loved for doing something genuinely fresh with a well-worn premise — using the Groundhog Day structure as a launching pad for questions about meaning, connection, and surrender. The film was widely praised for balancing irreverent silliness with unexpected emotional weight, though some noted the breakneck pace barely leaves room for its bigger ideas to breathe.
“The movie always seems on the brink of biting off more than a super energetic 90-minute comedy can chew, and the sheer momentum of the storytelling doesn't give the story time to slow down.”
David Ehrlich·IndieWire
“Palm Springs is to time-loop movies as Zombieland was to the undead genre: It's an irreverent take on a form where earlier iterations were obliged to take themselves seriously.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“Palm Springs is the perfect kind of art-comedy. It comes on like a brilliantly silly little lark and eventually lands on you like a ton of bricks.”
Vince Mancini·Uproxx
Genres
Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorMax Barbakow
StarringAndy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner
ComposerMatthew Compton