If you like the movie Groundhog Day than you will hate this movie. It's a total rip off. (Not in a good way - in a way that is so obvious and lazy it even references the movie at the end as a final joke.) This lady thinks only of herself and she has to die a bunch of times to learn her lesson - than survive and move on with life. The killer mask is a sorta cool design but the entire premise of the movie is flawed deeply.

I loved this movie and the flow of it. A few times I thought I knew who was killing tree and then I was proven wrong many times. This is a movie that I could definitely watch over and over again even though I know the killer

Every moment of this is fun as heck. Even though I figured out who the murderer was pretty early on, I was totally intrigued by all the little mysteries. And rather than get more boring with each repetition, the movie actually gets funnier and weirder the longer it goes on. The writers really thought through the logic of the premise and made it like a game or puzzle with - so important - a ticking clock. All the performances are so funny and feel at least a little like real college students. If you're looking for thrills that won't fudge you up, definitely give it a go. I loved it!!!

There are some movies that try to create a sense of realism within them. There are other movies that lean into character/situational cliches to play for comedy or hijinks. Simply put, "Happy Death Day" squarely falls into the latter category. As such, your enjoyment of this film will likely come down to how much you can suspend disbelief at the over-the-top characters to dig into a plot that can actually be intriguing.For a basic plot summary, "Happy Death Day" focuses on the story of Tree (Jessica Rothe), a college student who wakes up one morning (her birthday, of all days) in the dorm room of Carter (Israel Broussard) after an apparent hook-up. Tree then goes about her "normal" routine, only to be stalked that night (on the way to a party) by a mysterious masked figure. When this figure stabs her and death looks certain...she once again wakes up in Carter's room. It is again her birthday, the date is the same, and the day repeats itself almost exactly the same. As such, the rest of the film entails Tree's struggle first to figure out what the heck is happening, and then finding ways to remedy it.In terms of plot, there are indeed some interesting things happening in "Happy Death Day". It is very reminiscent of "Groundhog Day" (even outright admitting that fact at one point!) and has a number of fake-outs that shake things up and keep it from being too predictable.Unfortunately (at least for viewers like myself), that plot intrigue is really just a front for a film made for teens heading to the multiplex on a Friday or Saturday night. As I mentioned in the opener, most of the characters are so over-the-top as to be cringe-worthy (at least for more "seasoned" film fans), an approach that will not phase younger viewers nearly as much. I watched the movie with a sibling 13 years my junior, and she loved it!I know that "Happy Death Day" was probably never meant to be anything more than it is, so that's why I won't drop it down under a middling 5/10 stars. At the same time, the trailers for the film are a bit misleading, as they connote a film that looks like a serious thriller with a time-loop component. You just have to know going in that this isn't exactly the case, as "serious" is far from the adjective I would use to ever describe the film.