Same Day With Someone Review
Director: Rangsima Akarawiwat and Suea Yanyong Kuruangkura
Date Created: 2025-09-18 15:26
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Same Day With Someone Review: Directed by Rangsima Akarawiwat and Suea Yanyong Kuruangkura, the latest Thai release ซ้ำวัน กับ Someone on Netflix runs at just over two hours. Starring Toey Jarinporn Joonkiat as Mesa, Great Warintorn Panhakarn as Ben, Charlette Wasita Hermenau as Ning, and Man Trisanu Soranun as Tul. The plot is about Mesa, a museum curator, who is suddenly forced to relive the same day, 8th August, over and over. It is at first a disastrous day that quickly devolves into supernatural punishment (or rather, teaching) by a goddess who has her looking at her own life, her choices, and those of those closest to her.
Same Day With Someone Review
Okay, so the concept of the time-loop narrative has always been super exciting. It’s been experimented with in Bollywood, in Hollywood and with all of the other filmmaking worlds over and over again, and yet Thai cinema is not usually experimental with that genre. So, of course, I was intrigued. But my final reaction to Netflix’s Same Day With Someone is laughter mixed with aggravation.
The Thai movie Same Day With Someone’s plot idea is fine. Mesa has the worst day of her life, and in her anger and wretchedness, she badmouths a deity. So, she gets sent back to repeat the same day over and over again unless she is skilled enough to figure out her lesson. It is simple in conception, yet it is capable of being humorous as much as dramatic in intent.
At first, the cyclical day is pleasant and new, yet quickly the cycle appears to be overextended. The film does overextend itself in making us watch Mesa’s failed endeavours repeatedly and again and again without teaching us much of anything new. Instead of developing sympathy for her, I became rather frustrated. I can recognise that it was the concept of putting us, the audience, through her rage, yet it went over for me into boredom.
What stood out to me was the message behind the film. Underneath the slapstick comedy and clichéd events, the picture is learning to look at the troubles of those around us and value human connections over material success. By the end, Mesa learns that her problems are not that bad at all, at least not when she looks at her friend Ning’s. It was that theme, if a patchy narrative be excused, that gave the film heart.
Once I became accustomed to the slow pace, the acting maintained my interest. Toey Jarinporn Joonkiat is enjoyable to watch in Mesa. She does an admirable job of embracing the spoiled, obnoxious girl and transitioning into adolescence. Even when her own role was exasperating, Toey made her bearable.
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Great Warintorn Panhakarn, as was Ben, another bright note. His calm and dependable presence counterbalanced Mesa’s unrest, and their chemistry lent warmth to the second half of the movie. Charlette Wasita Hermenau deserves mention also for her portrayal of Ning, who silently bears much emotional weight in the plot. The supporting cast does it decently enough, yet it is the three of Mesa, Ben, and Ning that provide the narrative momentum.
One of the things that I really appreciated in the Thai film Same Day With Someone was the beauty of its appearance. Costumes, particularly Mesa’s outfits, were fun to watch. Since she is a museum curator, her outfits were trendy and unexpected, mixing current fashion and aspects of Thai culture. The film has bright hues and lively background scenes, so it is always interesting to watch, even when the plot’s interest is lethargic.
The pacing is the biggest drawback of Netflix’s Same Day With Someone. The movie is twice as long as two hours due to the repetition of actions. It could have been punchier and funnier with a tighter script.
The comedy didn’t quite translate for me either. Some of it was comedic, especially physical comedy, but many times it felt like it was awkward. Subtitles make Thai humour water down, and for this movie, it was clear that many of the gags weren’t quite translating. More often than not, humour through humour and graphic subject matter didn’t quite offset.
Its conclusion, without giving away large secrets, wraps everything up in a hopeful yet tearful ending. While I was happy that they wrapped everything up, it was at the same time totally predictable. I could see where the plot was going much before the credits finished. It does, however, stop itself from becoming too complicated, all in the sake of it being a relaxed Netflix watch.
Netflix Same Day With Someone Review: Summing Up
Overall, Same Day With Someone is a mixed bag. The movie has good performances, bright photography, and an important theme of human interaction. However, slow narration, repetitive plot, and inconsistent comedy prevent it from becoming memorable. It is not bad, yet it is not great either. If you are in the mood for a lightweight Thai film from Netflix and don’t mind slow narration, then that is worth watching once.
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