Every Day
2018 · Directed by Michael Sucsy
Original language: English
- romance
- fantasy
The story
16-year old Rhiannon falls in love with a mysterious spirit named “A” that inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and “A” work each day to find each other, not knowing what the next day will bring.
What it’s like
Soft, sunlit suburban days with warm, slightly washed-out colour, the kind of gentle natural light that makes ordinary school hallways and bedrooms feel tender rather than bleak. Camera work stays mostly conventional and unhurried, with close two-shots and quiet reaction frames that let the actors carry the feeling, and the score leans on soft piano and airy strings that rise at emotional beats without swelling too hard. The mood is bittersweet and earnest, a warm, wistful melancholy with a hopeful undertow. Its pacing is easy and episodic, moving through one changing body after another, and its emotional arc follows a teenager learning to love someone who keeps arriving in a new face, a story about devotion, identity and the courage to look past the surface. Intensity is low: some teen awkwardness, a few kissing scenes, emotional upset and a brief moment of peril, but no graphic violence, gore or explicit content. It suits a rainy Sunday, a comfort rewatch, or a soft late-night watch for people who want a gentle, heartfelt romance with a touch of wonder.
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