Movie

The Day that Doesn't Exist

1995 · 102 min

A bizarre, uneven mix of morbid comedy and supernatural melodrama that lurches between silly and sad.

Overview: A woman loses her fiancee in a car crash, but he returns to her stitched together. Meanwhile, a man dies and is reborn into another's body. He wants to rejoin his family, but things change once he learns the truth about his new life.
How it feels: Dark, absurd, campy and melancholic. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Grief, identity, love, death
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
love
death
family
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild