ReRUN is modern day twist on “It’s A Wonderful Life” with Christopher Lloyd in a starring cameo role and a recognizable and strong ensemble recognizable cast. On Amazon Prime, Tubi and AppleTV.
Synopsis & Review Here: ReRUN is a comforting must see film.
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020
ReRun is a different kind of time travel movie. There's no one that has to meet another before someone disappears, no life threatening conflict and sometimes we need a movie like that. One where we can just sit and enjoy what's in front of us.
The film starts with an elderly George Benson, played brilliantly by veteran actor Christopher Lloyd, at a future Christmas reminiscing about his past youth, specifically focusing on one young woman who he hasn't let go of, despite him marrying another woman and having a family. His grandson Nicholas, played by newcomer Rishon Salters, reveals that the closet in his bedroom can take anyone back in time to wherever they like.
Letting his curiosity get the better of him, George enters the closet and comes out on the other side as a younger version of himself at a past Christmastime. He's back with his fiance Mary, his old crush Violet and her abusive boyfriend Frank. Now while George isn't exactly back for a do-over, he does get to see his past with a fresh eye and with at least seventy years worth of hindsight behind him.
This film boasts of a well-rounded cast with the talented Christopher Lloyd and uprising talent of Rishon Salters, their scenes together are some of the best moments in the film, along with the young adult cast as they simply navigate through life and that's nice to see. It's nothing complicated, no big plot, no real villain (just a jerk or two), it's just a slice of life and it's nice to see that every once in a while.
In the end, ReRun is a film where everyone can get something out of it. Adults can enjoy the elements of reliving their youth, teenagers can get a taste of what life may or may not be as they become adults and everyone can enjoy the positive spirit this film brings up as Christmastime always does.
Alyssa Rallo Bennett is multi-hyphenate director/producer and singer-songwriter with directorial work inclusive of socially conscious feature film, The Pack, starring Lucie Arnaz, Elisabeth Moss, Zach Galligan accepted into the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival & a dozen international festivals and now streaming on Amazon Prime, ReRUN starring Christopher Lloyd, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival and nominated her for a Maverick Award, screened at multiple festivals garnering awards for the director, actors, writer and film, and the feature film Aberrant, starring Jack Quaid, that played multiple festivals and streaming on Amazon currently.
2022 marked the release of her debut album ANYMORE, as composer and writer - with many fantastic reviews including American Pancake’s “The fluid, diverse indie rock storytelling of Pinch That Vein feels like a movie you want to watch". Anymore has taken off globally and streams on all platforms link here: http://bitly.ws/sMBy . She played 4 release shows at Rockwood Music Hall, 76 House in Old Tappan, NJ, and The Bitter End in NYC.
Bennett's first training ground was as an actor, working with directors such as Franco Zeffirelli, Andre Gregory, Martin Scorsese. She has directed plays at Ensemble Studio Theater, the Harold Clurman Theater and was accepted into Sundance Institute's Playwriting Lab where she worked as director, writer and actor. She has an MA from NYU Gallatin in Drama & Psychology and a BFA from NYU Tisch Drama.
