Into the Dark: New Year, New You Movie Review
Four women, best friends while they were in high school, reunite for New Year's Eve. Danielle (Carly Chaikin) is internet-famous after creating "inspirational" videos, and is about to get her own television show. Alexis (Suki Waterhouse) is a babysitter who seems very jealous of her friend's fame, as she believes she is the one who should be where Danielle is. What will happen when these two get back together? Before we get more into this, let me address the title. Into the Dark is the name of a television series on Hulu, and New Year, New You is episode three of the first season. Unlike most television shows, however, the episodes of Into the Dark are feature-length--this one is 90 minutes. So essentially the series is a bunch of unrelated movies, and there is no need to watch the episodes sequentially if you don't want to. This brings us full-circle to New Year, New You, which, of course, I watched in the spirit of the new year.
Her year is starting rough
This movie takes seemingly forever to take off. We are introduced to the four women, see them get reacquainted, find out how they have changed, what they are up to these days, and so on, until FINALLY some tension starts to build. Once we find out the real purpose of this reunion, things really pick up and most of the rest of the feature is filled with twists and turns, some of which are a bit surprising, while others are rather predictable. The acting is fine--nothing stands out as being particularly good or bad. The ending is a bit of a letdown, and as predictable as much of the rest of the story. One takeaway from the movie is the message of what is defined as a celebrity these days, and how so many people can buy into the nonsense spewed by them, to the point they not only make that person rich and famous, but also somebody they practically worship. After all is said and done, New Year, New You is a forgettable film--while there are worse ways to spend an hour and a half of your day, there is no reason to set aside that time to watch this episode either.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5
Into the Dark: New Year, New You Movie Trailer
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