It's almost midnight New Year's Eve. Actress Sheila Page shoots her husband Barney dead. She escapes into the celebrating crowd outside. She joins her friends who are partying at a bar. She tells William who takes her to show producer John Friday. She wishes to rewrite her year over again and gets her wish.
The wish giving should be more magical. This is a Twilight Zone episode done in an old Hollywood melodramatic style. It's stretched out. There is a really huge issue with this way of story telling. The audience is struggling to piece together what happened in the year which leads to the murder. The movie needs to show that year before she can make the wish. That way the audience can understand what exactly got changed and what Sheila does to change it. Then there are the characters themselves. I don't think Barney is worthwhile. Sheila shouldn't shoot him but she shouldn't stay with him either. Just get a divorce, girl. I guess that's too simple and wouldn't make for a thrilling movie. The premise is interesting but this would work better as a shorter TV episode rather than a ninety minute movie.
The wish giving should be more magical. This is a Twilight Zone episode done in an old Hollywood melodramatic style. It's stretched out. There is a really huge issue with this way of story telling. The audience is struggling to piece together what happened in the year which leads to the murder. The movie needs to show that year before she can make the wish. That way the audience can understand what exactly got changed and what Sheila does to change it. Then there are the characters themselves. I don't think Barney is worthwhile. Sheila shouldn't shoot him but she shouldn't stay with him either. Just get a divorce, girl. I guess that's too simple and wouldn't make for a thrilling movie. The premise is interesting but this would work better as a shorter TV episode rather than a ninety minute movie.