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There have been so many recent adaptations of classic Nineties and Noughties films, too many of which lacked the charm of the original (Clueless being a major exception). This one captures all the heart and hope of the movie but also does more than just deliver a lazy dose of nostalgia.

This plucky and utterly delightful production breathes new life into the heart-tugging 2004 film about Lucy, a girl who suffers a severe car accident and subsequently wakes up every day with no short-term memory, and Henry, the boy who loves her, even though she cant remember him.

The two leads bring bags of charism and charm, revelling in both David Rossmer and Steve Rosens charmingly fun songs but, even more, in their witty and light-footed book. The banter and romance are strong, but so, too, are the brief darker moments when a devastated Lucy figures out that everyone around her is pretending that its the same day over and over.

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Castle and St Clair both handle the shifts in tone with ease. I started out thinking this was just going to be a scrappily cute few hours but soon found myself beaming with delight. We wont talk about the, ahem, manful tears that welled up towards the end - something I dont remember happening watching the film.

Georgina Castle brings her own sunnily sweet take on her character, while Josh St Clair is captivating in the majorly reworked Henry. Instead of a marine biologist, he is now a very 2025 cynical travel blogger, afraid of staying still or forming attachments, who loves and leaves a new girl in every port. When he blows into a tiny seaside Key Largo town just before leaving for Europe for his big career break, he suddenly finds that, for the first time in his life, he doesnt want to cut and run.