Look Both Ways, the new romantic movie now streaming on Netflix tells two stories instead of one. increase.
The film splits the life of college graduate Natalie (played byRiverdale star Lili Reinhart) into two parallel timelines, all of which are one very important story. It follows a series of events: whether she accidentally became pregnant the last few weeks of her senior year.
Directed by Wanuri Kahiu and written by April Prosser. Anyone who saw Gwyneth Paltrow catch or miss a train in the 1998 romantic comedy Sliding Doors is familiar with the concept of a "parallel timeline" movie. I guess.
That said, if you're new to alternate reality stories, it can be a little confusing. Fear not, the decider is here to help. For more information on
Look Both Ways plot summary and Look Both Ways ending, read below.
What is looking both ways? Looking both ways Summary:
Lili Reinhart is her 22-year-old college graduate with plans to move to Los Angeles for her five years to pursue her animation career. Starring as Natalie. Just before she graduates, Natalie has casual, untethered sex with her friend Gabe (played by Danny Ramirez) for one night. The night of her graduation party, she finds herself locked in the bathroom and throwing up. Her best friend Carla (Aisha Dee) brings her a pregnancy test just in case. Here the film splits into her two parallel timelines. In one timeline, Natalie tests negative. Relieved, she parties all night and carries out her plans to move to LA with Cara. Meanwhile, Danny pursues her dream of becoming a musician.
In another timeline, her test is positive. Natalie gave up on her dream of moving to Los Angeles and instead moved in with her parents in Austin, Texas. Danny goes with her and he offers to marry Natalie but she says she doesn't want to be in a romantic relationship.
Follow this timeline of her two . In LA, Natalie landed a job as an assistant to her idol animator, Lucy (Nia Long). She also starts dating a cute guy at the company, Jake (David Corenswet). Things are going well... until Lucy basically fires Natalie because she wants to push her to "find her voice." Jake then goes off to shoot a movie very far away and the couple tries to have a long distance relationship but eventually break up.
Meanwhile, in the Texas timeline, Natalie is dealing with her pregnancy and living with her parents (Andrea Savage and Luke Wilson). She saw her Instagram of fun Cara posts about being in LA and realized she was depressed. After Natalie rejects him (again), he begins dating her new girl, which makes Natalie jealous, but she has a baby, whom she names Rose, and begins to settle into her parenting life. increase. When Rose is her 5th, she takes her week off to visit her Carla in LA. Less than a day after her visit, she received a call from her daughter, realizing that Danny had left her with a sitter that Natalie didn't know. She hurries back to her home. She and Danny fight and Natalie finds out that Danny proposed to this other woman.
Man, everything really sucks on both timelines.
Look Both Ways Ending description.
Things turn around in both timelines when Natalie resumes making art. In LA, she put together her animated short film and submitted it to South by Southwest, which was accepted.In Texas, she's writing a children's book inspired by her daughter. So in both timelines she can go to her SXSW. yay.
Both Natalie's romances have also been resolved. LA Her Natalie's ex-boyfriend Jake surprises her at her SXSW and they are together again. Texas' Natalie finally admits her feelings for Danny (who broke up with another girl) and they get together. In both timelines, Natalie has someone to kiss.
In the final scene of the film, while both Natalies are waiting outside for their respective boyfriends, Natalie visits the boys' dormitory where a graduation party was held many years ago. Although unable to see each other, both Natalies enter the bathroom where they took the fateful pregnancy test. We're currently seeing these two parallel timelines of her side by side.
Both Natalies are looking at themselves in the mirror. “You are fine,” they say. Over, the movie ends.
Ultimately, Natalie's life worked out in both timelines. I couldn't say one timeline was better than the other. This is just a fantasy exercise to show her that she can make her own life work no matter what happens.
