The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

Mark is stuck inside the same day and has got used to it: knowing everything by heart, he has turned the day into a performance. Then he notices Margaret, who is in the loop too. Together they set out to map the tiny perfect things inside the day: a bird hitting the pool at the right moment, a gust in exactly the right place, something that opens without warning. Why Margaret is in the loop emerges later; it is her mother's last day and she does not want it to end. Ian Samuels directed, from Lev Grossman's 2016 short story. Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen star. It went up on Amazon Prime Video on 12 February 2021. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 77 percent, the consensus saying its heartfelt charm and likeable leads offset a familiar premise. Metacritic sits at 61. It was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Movie Made for Television and won a Golden Trailer Award for Best Romance. The story was remade in Thailand in 2024 as Love Stuck. Who it is for: viewers who like time loop films and teen romance. Who it is not for: anyone expecting the idea to be new. The template has been known since Groundhog Day and the film does not pretend otherwise.