No Tomorrow Review
I wanted to like No Tomorrow. I really did. Wacky premises are totally my thing. On paper, No Tomorrow sounds great in a Doctor Who kind of way: a female character stuck in a predictable, stagnant life until she meets a handsome man that gets her to take chances and live once more. The catch? This guy also just happens to believe the human race is going to end in about eight months. So basically, the two of them need to live life to the fullest until that day comes.
The setup could have been fabulous, but instead, the show just never took flight focusing on witless humor and an unappealing romance.
Being that all of the marketing for No Tomorrow sold the series as a quirky love story, I went in hoping for just that. As someone who loves a good love story, this one started out decently and then just went kaput about halfway through the pilot. As likable as the lead actors are, they couldn’t sell the mediocre romance because the romance completely lacked substance.
The strange tale of introverted Evie and free spirited (potentially crazy) Xavier could have been clever, witty, and almost as swoon-worthy as a Korean Drama (for the romantics out there who haven’t seen one yet, you are seriously missing out). Instead, Xavier comes across as a creep who even temporarily gets Evie fired from her job. It’s not endearing. The romance is just gross. Not to mention, that the build up between Evie and Xavier lasts about five seconds with the two jumping into bed right after her boyfriend asks her to marry him. Just No. No Tomorrow is basically an example of why modern romance, particularly in film as of late, just bores the living daylights out of me.
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No Tomorrow further disappoints in that prior writers have done this story before and did it better. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery comes to mind, a wonderfully romantic novel about a spinster (she’s 29) who finds out she is dying. With nothing to lose, this spinster decides to live life to the fullest by not letting her controlling family control her anymore and find love along the way with a moody bachelor who her uppity family disapproves of. Compare that to the No Tomorrow pilot in which Evie similarly discovers a heart problem only to have it be resolved by the end of the episode. Giving Evie an actual reason to live life to the fullest with the crazy conspiracy theorist would have improved the pilot tenfold in my book.
Now, all my griping aside. No Tomorrow does have potential. The actors are adorable and have promising chemistry. I liked their “meet cute” in a soul mate kind of way. The show could totally improve from this point on. Still, for me, I’m going to wait around until it lands on Netflix as I doubt this show has much of a future, especially considering the very low ratings.
What did you think of No Tomorrow? Does it get better? Sound off below…
Overall Rating
“We’ll always have Paris.”
Romance Rating
“I have not the pleasure of
understanding you.”
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