Nyles wakes up, has unsatisfactory sex with his girlfriend Misty, and then attends the wedding of Misty's friend Tala. At the reception, he delivers an eloquent, seemingly impromptu speech, and then sneaks off for sexy times with the bride's sister. Sarah. Don't worry too much that he is cheating on Misty: she's doing the deed with another guest at the wedding.
In the middle of Nyles and Sarah's hook-up, things get weird. A stranger turns up, apparently intent on murdering Nyles with a bow and arrow. Sarah is understandably confused, though despite the arrow in his shoulder, Nyles seems far less surprised. Telling her not to follow him, he runs off into the darkness.
Concerned for Nyles's safety, Sarah ignores his instructions and follows him, ending up in a strange cave ... and then she wakes up on the morning of her sister's wedding. Nyles got some explaining to do!
So what we have here is your basic 'time loop' comedy with the wrinkles that (a) more than one person is caught in the loop, and (b) we start the film several thousand loops in, rather than the more familiar Groundhog Day approach of seeing things from the very beginning. Those exceptions aside, though, a lot of the common elements are on show: Sarah and Nyles get up to all kinds of 'we have infinite time and can't actually die' shenanigans, learn some valuable life lessons, and - of course - start to develop those messy "feelings" things.
Execution generally matters more than innovation, though, and on that front Palm Springs benefits from a charismatic cast and a breezy script. If you're looking for a hundred minutes of fairly lightweight rom-com fun, this should work for you.
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