This is the latest straight to video feature from Paramount and arguably possibly one of the best ones they've released in recent history. I'll have a blog at some point in the future talking about the straight to video market as it's been kind of fascinating, especially this year where straight to video stuff is making up a large part of the marketplace. Anyway, this movie is the directorial debut of writer Brian Duffield, who has written some movies like The Babysitter and the recent theatrical/theater at home rental Love and Monsters. Spontaneous stars Katherine Langford (from the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and Love, Simon) and Charlie Plummer (from Lean on Pete and Words on Bathroom Walls) as well as Piper Perabo and Rob Huebel playing Mara's (Langford) parents.
This movie truly runs the gamut of genres as it ranges from fun rom-com to horrific science fiction/fantasy. It was a normal day at the high school until a classmate spontaneous combusts and covers their classmates in blood. In what seems to be a crazy one time occurence begins happening to more and more of their classmates and leaves everyone confused especially Mara and Dylan who's love begins to bloom while the world and their classmates are exploding around them.
Spontaneous is one of the most creative endeavours I've watched this year. This movie was touching, chaotic, and left you on the edge of your seat the entire time. While it has elements of your high school romance dying teenager movie like The Fault in Our Stars it has a much more chaotic and unpredictable twist on that formula. This movie is definitely worth checking out.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
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