A cynical young woman repeatedly dies at her birthday party, caught in a darkly comic and surreal time loop.
Melancholy, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
It stays inside its TV-MA, with moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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Shameless (2011)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · strong violenceA dysfunctional Chicago family navigates gritty, darkly-comic chaos with witty, satirical humor and measured pace.
Dickinson (2019)Dry wit · whimsical · late-night trip · emotionally heavyA determined young poet navigates society's constraints with a surreal, witty, and earnest sensibility.
Succession (2018)Dry wit · darkly comic · full attention · emotionally devastatingA powerful family's darkly-comic squabbles over a media empire reveal a bleak, gritty world.
The Great (2020)Dry wit · darkly comic · late-night trip · measuredA young Catherine navigates the Russian court, where dark humor and absurdity define her measured rise to power.Russian Doll is on our Time travel list.
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