I'm not allowed to say why (for reasons maybe frequent reviewers could probably imagine), but thanks to this film I am far much more dubious of glowingly "perfect" reviews, especially those made around certain dates (the weekend of March 21st back in 2021 being a "perfect" example in this case).

As to the movie itself...

Convoluted, meandering, and tedious to say the least.

If not for the movie description used here and on TUBI I'd have no clue that the underlying plot was essentially about reincarnation as it is NEVER stated nor clarified within the film. It is only ever alluded to, then cuts away and explained to characters offscreen, before cutting back to them now astonished having fully accepted everything the audience never gets to hear even once. Seriously, every time it is explained to anyone, this "Next Life" (reincarnation tracking) program, it's done with the exact same manner of vagueness & offscreen acceptance.

The meandering comes in the poor way the film is paced. The first and third acts follow a 21 year old girl (named Lola) who discovers (I assume) that she is the (alluded to) reincarnated spirit/soul/cosmic transference of a murdered black teenage boy (named Robbie) whose flashback story is told in the hour long second act with its own 3-act structure. Movies aren't supposed to have 5 acts; that is why movies with fragmented stories tend to use 'chapter breaks' to askew things from getting feel plodding.

How things happen and why things happen are never fully explored and only ever alluded to with ominous pronouncements of "they", "other side", "when the time comes", "it's her", "she knows" nonsense. Included within these nebulous allusions is the dots to connect an implied surprise reveal towards the end:

That Lola is the daughter of the guy who murdered her past self (as Robbie) and is the byproduct of him violating her mother. We are only left to assume that maybe the timing of Robbie's death somehow coincides with the day Lola was born (and 9 months after the r@pe). But, again, not addressed or explored as it is only inferred in a not very tactful manner.

This kind of storytelling just gets tedious and exhausting when every aspect of everything relevant is unspooled in this very same way.

More GRIPES:

-- A black man is arrested for killing an armed intruder in his own home after being attacked. Then HE is interrogated as if he somehow had some part in it (his own attempted murder). AND he's jailed! The dead attacker had a shotgun and mask with no connection to him. How was that not obvious self-defense?

-- A teenage girl enters the home of a known murderer, unarmed with no plan, and like a dumb dumb tells him she is going to kill him.

-- After having been stabbed by said murderer and knocked unconscious for a spell, the teen girl screams upon waking up, which her mother (downstairs at the front door) does not hear for some reason.

-- The murderer was released after 20 years for good behavior... yet he mentions that the Next Life program recruited people like him from being on Death Row. People on Death Row don't get released... That should be obvious, right?

-- Also this guy was only convicted of killing a kid? Despite also being linked to an armed bank robbery where his partner is killed, an armed home invasion where his other partner is killed, an attempted murder of the father of the kid he killed and even stealing his truck, and that's not to mention this guy's own father has gone missing (because he killed him too).

Yep. A "perfect" 10/10.

Convoluted, meandering, and tedious to say the least. If not for the movie description used on here and TUBI I'd have no clue that the underlying plot was about reincarnation as it is NEVER stated nor clarified in the film. It is only ever alluded to, then explained to characters offscreen, before returning to them astonished having fully accepted everything. Seriously, every single character with any awareness of the "Next Life" (reincarnation tracking) program handles it with the same vagueness/offscreen acceptance.

The meandering comes in the poor way the film is paced. The first and third acts follow a 21 year old girl (named Lola) who discovers (I assume) she is the (alluded to) reincarnated spirit/soul/electromagnetic energy/cosmic transference of a murdered black teenage boy (named Robbie) - whose flashback story is told in the hour long second act with its own 3-act structure.

How things happen and why things happen are never explored, only ever alluded to with ominous pronouncements of "they", "other side", "when the time comes", "it's her", "she knows" nonsense. Included within these nebulous allusions is the dots to connect an implied surprise reveal towards the end: that Lola is the daughter of the guy who murdered her past self (as Robbie) who was conceived from raping her mother. We are only to assume that maybe the timing of Robbie's death somehow coincides 9 months after the rape on the day Lola was born.

This kind of storytelling is just tedious when every aspect of everything is unspooled in this very same way.

More GRIPES:

A Black man arrested for killing an armed intruder in his own home after being attacked. Then he is interrogated as if he conspired as some part of it (his own attempted murder).

A teenage girl enters the home of a known murderer, unarmed with no plan, and tells him she is going to kill him.

After having been stabbed by said murderer and knocked unconscious for a spell, she screams upon waking up, which her mother (downstairs at the front door) does not hear for some reason.

The murderer was released after 20 years for good behavior - convicted of killing a kid, despite also being linked to an armed bank robbery where his partner is killed, an armed home invasion where his partner is killed, an attempted murder of the kid's father and even stealing his truck - and that's not to mention his father is also missing (because he killed him too). Yet he mentions that the Next Life program recruited people like him from being on Death Row.

Layers of mystery and twists will keep you intrigued. If you enjoy smart plots you'll really like this movie. Don't blink or you'll miss it! Great indie production.