History Film / BeforeIFall

* SuperOCD: Ally is implied to be one.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]

The film plays the main storyline pretty straight but with some alterations to the sub-plots. Let's relive some tropes for the umpteenth time with Sam.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: More like Adaptation Career Change. In the book Mr. Daimler is the calculus teacher, here he is seen lecturing on Sisyphus which probably makes him either English or history. He also doesn't seem to take the same [[TeacherStudentRomance kind of interest]] in Sam that he does in the book.
* AdaptationalModesty: Sam's Day four outfit, while more revealing then anything else she wears in the movie, is more covering than what she went with in the book.
** Speaking of the girls in the book wore the same outfit, fur-trimmed tank tops and skirts, for Cupid Day. Making all four an example compared to their film outfits.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Anna is turned into a lesbian in the movie. In the book she was clearly interested in boys but her choice in lighters may make her bi.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: This is still heavily featured between Sam and her friends. While not as much is carried over from the book, they call each other "Bae" more often than their actual boyfriends.

* NotSoDifferent: Sam and [[spoiler: Juliet. Lindsay used to bully Sam the same way she does Juliet, spreading the rhyme, "She smells like manure and lives in a sewer, Sam Kingston!" to mock her the same way she called Juliet "Mellow Yellow." Of course, Sam only discovers this during one of the loops, and before that she comments that the fact Lindsay used to bully her is one of the things they never talk about.]]
** [[spoiler: Anna Cartullo and Elody also qualify, as both of them are generally a lot kinder than people think but both of them are branded as "sluts".]]

* AdaptationalModesty: Sam's Day four outfit, while more revealing then anything else she wears in the movie is more covering than what she went with in the book.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The film gives a scene which at least establishes the face-value characters of Sam, Lindsay, Elody and Ally. When picking up Elody from her house, the girls lock the doors and won't open up until she flashes them her bra. Confirmed by Elody that this is far from the first time they've played that particular joke. Interpretations can run from an example of a private joke between friends to an opinion of just how ''"easy"'' Elody is.

* WhamShot: After Lindsay wakes up from what seemed like a bad dream, she's checks her phone, and it's Friday again, revealing the plot of the film.

* WhatTheHellHero: Kent may have a hard crush on Sam. But that doesn't stop him from being appalled at some of her more questionable actions and calling her out for them during at least two the [[GroundhogDayLoop Day Loops]].

* YouCantFightFate: Played absolutely straight, and the key arc and destination for Sam. She tries to circumvent the GroundhogDayLoop she's trapped in once she realizes what's going. Sleepover with friends which means not being anywhere near the party and the truck crash that causes the loop? Nope, doesn't work. Staying the night in Kent's house and not going on the ride home with Lindsay and the girls? Nope, that doesn't work either. [[spoiler:Once she realizes that only Juliet holds the key to ending the loop, and that it will mean the end of her mortal life on Earth, she stops struggling against her fate and fully embraces it.]]

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: More like Adaptation Career Change. In the book Mr. Daimler is the calculus teacher, here he is seen lecturing on Sisyphus which probably makes him another subject. He also doesn't seem to actually take an interest in Sam like he does in the book.
* AdaptationalModesty: Sam's Day four outfit while more revealing then anything else she wears in the movie is more covering than what she went with in the book.

* YouCantFightFate: Played absolutely straight, and the key arc and destination for Sam. She tries to circumvent the GroundhogDayLoop she's trapped in once she realizes what's going. Sleepover with friends which means not being anywhere near the party and the truck crash that causes the loop? Nope, doesn't work. Staying the night in Kent's house and not going on the ride home with Lindsay and the girls? Nope, that doesn't work either. [[spoiler:Once she realizes that only Juliet holds the key to ending the loop, and that it will mean the end of her mortal life on earth, she stops struggling against her fate and fully embraces it.]]

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Lindsay to the other three.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Lindsay to the other three.
* YourCheatingHeart: In the movie, Anna cheats on her girlfriend with some random girl. Lindsay posts the Snapchat of it, and then Anna's girlfriend dumps her.

* {{Adorkable}}: KENT. Izzy has shades of this, especially with her lisp.
** Sam herself counts after she goes through some CharacterDevelopment.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Anna is turned into a lesbian in the movie. In the book she was clearly interested in boys but her choice in lighters may make her BiTheWay.

The film version of ''Literature/BeforeIFall'' directed by Ry Russo-Young. Samantha Kingston is brought out of the pages of the book and onto-the-screen but she's still stuck reliving the same day over and over again.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Sam is portrayed as a green-eyed blonde in the novel (as even seen on the front cover), but in the movie, she is portrayed by the hazel-eyed brunette Zoey Deutch, who kept her natural hair color.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: More like Adaption Career Change. In the book Mr. Daimler is the calculus teacher, here he is a history teacher. He also doesn't seem to actually take an interest in Sam like he does in the book.

* SettingUpgrade: The book takes place in Connecticut, but one line from Lindsey suggests the film takes place in the Pacific Northwest.

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