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Rewind My Heart is a 2023 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Levine and written by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein. It stars Luca Luhan, Ella Jay Basco, Avantika Vandanapu and Finn Carr. The film follows Elliot Reyes, a high school student who stumbles on the MP3 player that alters emotions whenever the song is selected.
Rewind My Heart was released in theatres on September 22, 2023, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, to mixed reviews from critics with praising towards its performances, humor, emotional depth, and sense of nostalgia while criticizing its predictable story and concept. It grossed $8.86 million worldwide on $70 million budget.
Synopsis[]
"In the late 2000s, awkward but music-obsessed teenager Elliot Reyes stumbles upon a mysterious prototype MP3 player at the flea market. Unlike any ordinary device, this one doesn't just play music - it alters emotions based on the song selected. At first, Elliot and his best friend use it for harmless fun - acing tests with concentration playlists, boosting their confidence at parties, even fixing fights between friends. But when Elliot uses it to impress his longtime crush, things spiral out of control. He starts relying on the MP3 player instead of being his authentic self, and soon, the entire school is unknowingly under its influence."
"As Elliot realizes that manufactured emotions aren't the same as real ones, he must choose between keeping the power or learning to face life's highs and lows without shortcuts. With the MP3 player falling into the wrong hands -specifically, overachiever Brandon Chase, who wants to use it in order to become class president - Elliot must decide the choice to either destroy the device or keep away the power before the entire town becomes emotionally programmed."
- Walt Disney Pictures.
Plot[]
14-year-old teenager Elliot Reyes struggles to deal with the loss of his mother Isabella from terminal illness three months earlier. His father Daniel is struggling to reconnect with Elliot after his wife's passing while being overworked on his job. On his first day of high school, Elliot developed a crush on popular girl Sophie Patel, but tried to hide this fact from his childhood best friend Mia Tran while rivals with school bully Brandon Chase, and befriended his new classmates Ethan and Lily.
After school, Elliot heads to the flea market with Mia, after convincing him to join, where they meet a vendor named Raymond, who gave away the undeveloped yet functional MP3 player after his heartfelt speech to Elliot, who accepts the offer. While sitting alone in his usual spot at the skatepark and listening to sad music on his MP3 player, he looks over the distance at a person crying, to which stops after Elliot pauses the music, and runs off home.
At home, Elliot determined himself if the MP3 player has a supernatural ability, as Raymond informed him about its abilities earlier, but was unconfident to believe his claim at the time. The next morning, he brings the device to school while partnering with Mia for their presentation in history class. During recess while hanging out with his friends, the MP3 player has started to function by itself and Elliot quickly goes to the restroom to check on the device until Brandon and his gang enters the restroom just after pranking the school staff and Elliot eventually test out the device on one of the former's friends with a love-ballad song, which embarrasses Brandon and left the restroom afterwards, which proves that Raymond was right all along.
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Cast[]
- Luca Luhan as Elliot Reyes
- Ella Jay Basco as Mia Tran
- Avantika Vandanapu as Sophie Patel
- Finn Carr as Brandon Chase
- Danny Pudi as Raymond
- Mark Wahlberg as Daniel Reyes
- Sephanie Beatriz as Isabella Reyes
- Randall Park as Mr. Lawson
- Ariana Greenblatt as Jenna Martinez
- Sam McCarthy as Ethan
- Miku Martineau as Lily
- Rob Huebel as Principal Howard
Production[]
The film was in early development on October 2017 when the concept involving the MP3 player being emotion-manipulated was conceived. In March 2020, it was announced that Jonathan Levine would direct the film, from a screenplay written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, with Walt Disney Pictures wanting Randall Park and Mark Wahlberg to star in a supporting roles, Jim Whitaker producing under his Whitaker Entertainment banner, and Marc Platt serving as an executive producer. In October 2020, Luca Luhan joined the film's cast as a lead role, and Wahlberg's and Park's castings were confirmed around the same month. In May 2021, Finn Carr was in talks to portray in the main cast. In August 2021, Ella Jay Basco and Danny Pudi also joined the cast.
Filming[]
Principal photography on the film began on September 30, 2021 in Vancouver, Canada, and concluded on February 22, 2022.
Music[]
The film's score was written and composed by Michael Giacchino.
The film featured the songs from various artists including: blink-182, The Killers, My Chemical Romance, OutKast, Avril Lavigne, Train, The Black Eyed Peas and Eminem. The soundtrack was released by Hollywood Records on September 21, 2023, a day before the film's release.
Release[]
The film was theatrically released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through Walt Disney Pictures banner in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2023, and in other territories on various dates throughout 2023.
Home media[]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on digital download on November 17, 2023, and on Blu-ray and DVD on December 15.
Reception[]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 62% based on eleven reviews and an average rating of 6.1/10. On Metacritic, it has a weighted score of 74 out of 100, indicating: "generally favorable reviews."