Have you ever wondered how music can rewind the past of our lives? The surreal saga of three people (one dead and two given another chance) spiraling in a fine music thread pulling past, present, and future into one. ‘The Greatest Hits’ has brought forth a beautiful path of time travel where a girl tries to pull off her dead boo from a tragic death whereas, on the other hand, life is given her a new chance to fall in love.
What does she take; the past or the future? Let’s know more about the exciting end of this 95-minute time travel love story.
The Greatest Hits pulls us into an excellent music time-travel; where life is calling for something more: An Honest Review
As the movie begins, the life of Harriet is completely messy yet neatly folded in past trauma. She has pulled herself into a systematic schedule of working in a record store and then taking counseling and therapy to pull herself out of the tragic death of her true love.
For the past two years, Harriet has tested every music on her record player and is altering the episodes of her and her boyfriend Max’s past that led to his death. She feels transported back to 2018, every time she listens to the music which triggers a time-lapse, giving her a chance to stop it from happening.
After a great time, she meets a guy David, who comes to the therapy sessions. Both took off well but unlike others, only Harriet’s best friend and herself know this; certain music triggers her brain to travel back in time and alter the end.
At first, David thinks it is just a hallucination but she is determined that she does travel in the past. She tries to distance herself from him just to be safe but life keeps her signaling that she must let go of her past. Each day is a struggle to find that single record that could bring her boyfriend back to life but she is constantly being pulled by life, to make a fresh start with David.
The movie has opened a new love story genre, which can be officiated as, ‘Time-Lapse Romance’. The film has an interesting start where the past is altered yet the present is amiable. Two people coming closer to each other with a tragic past is a nice touch to give love another chance.
The beginning of Max and Harriet’s love ended at a tragic point. Her past pulled her back into a realm of melancholy and her future seemed distant. Music brought the two together but too tore both love birds, apart. With the entry of David in the scene, music once again gives Harriet a chance to embrace what is here.
Towards the end, Harriet and David are strangers again but a new future still awaits them. The movie truly pulls us into a sanctity of belief and hope. It rightly said then, The Past is History and the Future is a Mystery but it is the time now that is a gift that is why it is called a Present.
The movie truly brings out the essence of time now, with a beautiful yet mystic future full of hope. It deserves a 4.5 out of 5 stars. A muddled past making way for an assured present and an amiable future.
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