Look Both Ways

Crew: Director: Wanuri Kahiu. Screenplay: April Prosser. Camera: Alan Caudillo. Editor: Brad Leach. Music: Drum & Lace, Ian Hultquist. With: Lili Reinhart, ...

Savage combines a lighthearted wit and stirring wisdom in her brief screen time, imparting comfort and a slight comedic uptick. What would be a generic, thankless role in anyone else’s hands is given depth and dimension by Long, as well as a sense of buoyancy. She defers her dreams of drawing and forgoes her friendships at the behest of motherhood. Both story tracks suggest that Natalie’s happiness essentially depends on a man returning to her life to complete her dream and teach her that she’ll be okay no matter which life she leads — a lesson that’s obvious to everyone in the audience. While the filmmakers’ heads and hearts are in the right place with their resonant sentiments on taking risks and embracing fate, their execution of narrative basics proves lackluster. And through this new boyfriend’s encouragement and tips, Natalie gets a gig working as her assistant.

Look Both Ways stars Riverdale's Lili Reinhart as a young woman named Natalie whose life diverges into two parallel realities after taking a pregnancy test.

If Look Both Ways generates a lot of buzz and is watched by a good amount of people, Netflix might give the go-ahead. Now you’re left wondering if there will be a continuation of the story in a Look Both Ways 2. However, there is a chance Netflix could green light the film for a sequel. 17, Netflix has not announced if there will be a Look Both Ways 2. In fact, it ends in a way that seems final. In the other timeline, Natalie’s love interest is her co-worker ( [David Corenswet](https://netflixlife.com/2022/08/16/look-both-ways-star-david-corenswet-age-height-instagram-roles-jake-actor/)) at Tall Story Animation.

"Look Both Ways" is directed by Wanuri Kahiu and written by April Prosser. It is centered around Natalie (Lili Reinhart), who has formed a five-year plan ...

They go into the bathroom, look into the mirror, and reassure themselves that everything is going to be okay. The events of the film are just Natalie (the original version who is waiting for her results) playing out the two scenarios in her head. One, it’s just the movie’s way of saying that “look how far Natalie has come in both of the realities.” Or two, it hints at the existence of a third reality where Natalie is going to do something radically different, but she’s going to turn out okay as well. After finishing it, they submit it to the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, in the hopes that someone is going to pick it up and finance it. They re-realize that their true calling is their artwork, and that’s the only thing that is going to make their respective lives better again. While scrolling through her Instagram feed, she finds out that one of her old friends, Nicole (Ashlyn Anderson Gomez), is having a baby shower and that Gabe is engaged in this reality (not to Nicole, BTW). Everything continues to go relatively well until she realizes that Lucy isn’t interested in her work as an animator, and she only wants her to fetch the coffee. But after her trip to the OB/GYN and learning that she and Gabe are having a girl, her mood starts to look up. Soon after that, Natalie cuts her vacation short after getting a call from Rosie and learning that she has spent a whole night under a sitter’s supervision instead of Gabe’s. And in the other reality, she does get pregnant and goes to her parents, Tina (Andrea Savage) and Rick (Luke Wilson), with Gabe to raise the child. Gabe moves into his own space and gives Natalie the offer to move in there with Rosie. Later, after listening to how Cara is living her life in L.A., she starts to show signs of depression because she thinks she is losing out on the life she had planned for herself.

Natalie (Lili Reinhart) has her five-year plan down to a science. First, she'll move to Los Angeles with her effervescent bestie Cara (Aisha Dee), ...

The dishonesty that comes along with that timidity is a much tougher pill to swallow than the truths that might have arisen otherwise. Despite this, it should be emphasized that Look Both Ways is still your boilerplate Netflix rom-com—and because of that, it’s a lot of fun to watch. apartment, which the girls make a point to describe as a shithole (justice for a CGI roach!). Still, it is undeniably bizarre for a 2022 film that sees its career-driven protagonist become pregnant to not even mention abortion in any tangible way. But at the very least, the script could have offered us a reason as to why that was the choice she made—or even simply hinted that it took a day or two of deliberation. When, in Look Both Ways’ second scenario, Natalie decides to carry the baby to term, her choice feels wildly forced and out of character, to put it lightly.

Of course, it's the movie everyone is currently watching and talking about. The romantic drama stars Lili Reinhart as a young woman named Natalie whose life on ...

Therefore, you can apply for a position and visit Pixar Animation Studios in real life. However, Pixar is an actual animation company in California. No, Tall Story Animation is not a real company. It’s supposed to look like a real animation company. Lucy Galloway works as the Art Director at Tall Story Animation and is Natalie’s idol. Natalie eventually gets the assistant job at Tall Story Animation but doesn’t find herself elevating since Lucy doesn’t see her as an artist.

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The movie was written before Roe was overturned, but director Wanuri Kahiu and star Lili Reinhart have said in interviews that it's pro-choice.

Of course, in true romcom fashion, Natalie does end up with her respective men in both universes, reminding us that in the end, what really matters is that a woman is validated by male attention. The two universes that Natalie’s life diverge into are not hinged on her choice of whether or not to keep the pregnancy, but on whether or not there is a pregnancy to take into consideration at all—remember, in the second universe, Natalie is simply embryo-free, and her pregnancy scare is just that. to follow her dreams, Natalie’s shares a view of her life that’s nothing short of a bummer. Whether it’s intentional or not, for most of the movie, its message is that women have to choose between having children or a career. Her parents, who are initially livid about the news (to a comical degree), take for granted that she is going to keep the child, knowing full well that it’ll derail their plans (a trip to Barcelona) and their daughter’s (building a career in her 20s). In one reality, she gets pregnant, moves back in with her parents in Texas, and becomes a mom.

In one timeline she's pregnant, her baby-daddy is her best friend Gabe (Danny Ramirez), an aspiring drummer. In the other, she isn't, and she moves to LA with ...

It's as if the filmmakers don't want to make a judgement on whether a woman's life is better with or without children. – she gets what she wants: a successful career in animation, or at least the start of one. No, this film doesn't have to show the trials and tribulations of every young mother, just Natalie. The state in which she lives is never named, probably on purpose so as to avoid the political conversation that information would necessitate. It's part of a series, and in this one a 28-year-old woman was forced to drive across state lines for an abortion that would save her life, ending what was a non-viable pregnancy. They're the good kind of people who might accidentally get pregnant, not the reckless people who get pregnant willy nilly!) just in case you were ready to be unsympathetic to Nat.

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Look Both Ways (2022), which will contain spoilers and major plot points.

This movie is just so refreshing and heartwarming because it just forces us to sit with our decisions and think of them in such a positive manner. There is no way of knowing if you’re making the right choices and that’s why it’s better to keep rolling with the punches. It’s so heartwarming because it was fate that brought her to that house at that moment just to give her a little life check-in.

This review of the Netflix film Look Both Ways (2022), starring Lili Reinhart, does not contain spoilers and major plot points.

There is so much to learn from this movie and it also proves that Lili Reinhart needs to be in more movies. It’s beautiful, endearing, and can teach anyone how to live in the moment. It’s fate that she finds a job as an assistant to her favourite animator, and she meets Jake (David Corenswet) who is exactly who she envisions herself with. On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s (Lili Reinhart) life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown to raise her child and another in which she moves to LA to pursue her dream career. She has always felt differently about him as a friend and secretly so has he. First and foremost, Lili Reinhart absolutely shines in this movie and she takes on both roles effortlessly.

The Netflix romantic comedy features the actor pursuing parallel life paths in a ruminative, if not particularly dramatic, Sliding Doors-esque plot.

(In one of the movie’s most touching and unexpected scenes, her mother explains what postpartum depression is—it simply hasn’t occurred to Natalie that hormonal shifts are doing a number on her.) Before long, she settles into the groove of motherhood, and there’s no doubt that she loves her daughter. It’s also possible that anti-abortion proselytizers could seize on Look Both Ways to make the point that having the child is always the best way, the only way—but that’s not how the filmmakers present Natalie’s decision. For one thing, it’s impossible to ignore the reality that mom-Natalie gets to raise her child in a beautiful house with doting, helpful grandparents on call whenever necessary. [romantic comedy](https://time.com/5864534/unique-rom-coms/) Look Both Ways, a suggestion that no life choice is ever the wrong one—everything depends on what you do with that choice. On the way to getting that job, she meets a cute guy, Jake (David Corenswet), and after becoming friends, they embark on a tentative but promising romantic relationship. Then Natalie hits a bump in the road: Lucy informs her that her drawings are derivative, that she needs to find her own style.

Natalie's life is in two different realities and the people around her are super important to her future. The entire cast including Lili Reinhart, Danny Ramirez ...

The issue is what would be more interesting to the audience? Natalie’s life is in two different realities and the people around her are super important to her future. Look Both Ways (2022) shows Natalie (Lili Reinhart) on the eve of her college graduation.

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With the possibility of aching loneliness fast approaching, they soon realize their shared jealousy and inability to move forward and conceive a devious and sinister plan to end their partners' respective relationships - with the hopes of a last-ditch attempt to win them back. On their last evening as a couple, Claire and Aidan find themselves reminiscing and retracing the steps of their relationship which leads them to familiar and noticeable landmarks, unpredicted places which cause them to question certain things. The trailer starts with Natalie taking two pregnancy tests on the night of her graduation. Rather than seeking love out, Henry Page (Austin Abrams) focuses a large chunk of his energy on scoring good grades with the hopes of getting into a decent college and becoming the chief editor of the school newspaper. She is known for her role as Betty Cooper in Riverdale and as Annabelle in the crime comedy-drama film Hustlers. So you'll be able to watch the film from the comfort of your own home. She is popular for her role as Andrea Warren in the TV series I’m Sorry. Aisha Dee is famous for her role as Kat Edison in The Bold Type. If her test turns out to be positive, Natalie would move back to her hometown of Austin, Texas with Gabe where she would start a family. If the result of her test is negative, she is off to Los Angeles with her best friend to take a job under her idol and icon Lucy Galloway. The film follows the life of soon-to-be college graduate Natalie who reaches a defining point in her life when an intended fun hookup with a college friend leads to her taking a pregnancy test at a party. Kahiu is also the brains behind the first Kenyan film to screen at the Cannes Films Festival Rafiki.

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What’s meant to be will always find a way.” what would happen if you could actually see where both roads take you?” A third chimed in: “Look both ways” on Netflix was such a good movie to me.

The rom-com movie follows the story of Reinhart's Natalie, who on the night of her college graduation decides to hook up with her close friend Gabe (palyed by ...

Ultimately, Gabe and Natalie decide to give a romantic relationship a shot, and both get the 'happy ever after' they deserve. Ultimately, in both timelines, things turn out great for Natalie, she falls in love and gets the career she has always dreamed of. If a sequel was to take place, there are a few avenues the movie could go down. In the timeline with Gabe, together they raise their daughter and have a happy little family. In the other world, Natalie moves to L.A. to pursue her career as an artist and falls in love with hot-shot artist Jake (David Corenswet).

As a way to cram two mediocre rom-coms into a single movie, Netflix original production Look Both Ways has the life of main character Natalie...

The friendship between Natalie and Cara is as thinly developed as the romances. Natalie's pregnancy is the only convincing evidence of any sexual connection between her and her two paramours. She takes a pregnancy test, and the movie follows her as she deals with both possible outcomes.

Now, it seems more like Netflix's midbudget rom-coms are not, in fact, the streaming service's answers to When Harry Met Sally or Notting Hill, but to the kind ...

The scene is well-performed by both Long and Reinhart, but it also feels like the fairy tale version of what Lucy and Natalie’s conversation would actually be. Instead, Look Both Ways allows Natalie to walk through two versions of her life that not only end up being only slightly different from each other, but also feel frustratingly cushioned and safe from beginning to end. Meanwhile, in the latter, she is able to stick to her original post-college plan and move to Los Angeles with her best friend, Cara (Aisha Dee), in order to pursue a career as a Hollywood animator. Throughout the scene, Lucy tells Natalie that she isn’t ready to become a filmmaker because she hasn’t found her own artistic voice yet, and she advises her to quit her assistant job in order to find the space necessary to do so. Instead, the film becomes a shockingly sluggish affair near the end of its first act, which is when April Prosser’s script begins to focus more on Natalie’s two romances than her own personal journeys. The film predictably struggles to balance its two storylines, but the biggest problem with Look Both Ways is how it constantly sanitizes Natalie’s alternate lives. Unfortunately, despite Reinhart’s likable work as its lead, the film also invests far too much time into Natalie’s one-note relationships with Jake and Gabe, which prevents it from digging too deeply into its lead character’s important emotional and mental journeys. In the former, Natalie moves back to Texas to live with her parents before she gives birth to her and Gabe’s daughter. Nowadays, the only thing that Netflix’s original rom-coms seem to have a leg up on movies like A Gingerbread Romance or Battle of the Bulbs is their ability to attract talent that would usually be too good for such overly saccharine, easy material. The disappointing quality of Look Both Ways, the streaming service’s new Wanuri Kahiu-directed romantic dramedy, doesn’t do anything to dispute that criticism, either. Now, it seems more like Netflix’s midbudget rom-coms are not, in fact, the streaming service’s answers to When Harry Met Sally or Notting Hill, but to the kind of formulaic TV movies that the Hallmark and Lifetime channels continue to churn out. But once upon a time (i.e., 2018 and 2019), films like Set It Up, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Always Be My Maybe had seemingly everyone convinced that Netflix was going to deliver the long-awaited wave of new rom-com classics that the entertainment industry’s other major studios were choosing not to produce.