‘The Next 365 Days’ Review: Bad Acting, Zero Plot, And Poor Decisions Is Not The Threesome We Signed Up For

The world changed in 2020 and the pandemic was 50 per cent to blame for it. But the rest 50 per cent has to be credited to the film 365 Days which dropped on Netflix in June 2020 because there is no going back ever since. The film caused a huge uproar on social media that ones who were not even aware of this movie (cue me) had to go and watch it to know what all this hubba bubba was about! The trilogy is directed by Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes and is based on the novel series penned by Blanka Lipińska.

I am going to be very honest and say that I watched the first part and I was left traumatised! I began questioning my existence and my sanity after it and I kept asking myself, “what did I just watch?” I was trying to analyse the plot and then came to realise that there is no plot in the film. It was all sex! And the sex, too, looked painful rather than pleasurable. But coming (no pun intended) back to this trilogy, after I had watched the first, it sort of became a mandate that I had to watch the second and the third to know the scale of this madness that the creators have invested time and money in. The second part titled 365 Days: This Day was equally bad and instead of the baby girl, I felt the plot of the film was lost! Then, came the third part, The Next 365 Days which was dropped on Netflix on August 19, and I watched it and here’s what I have to say about it.

The Plot

After the second film ended on a cliffhanger with Laura getting shot at by Anna, Nacho shooting Anna and Massimo shooting Adriano, the third part sees Laura alive and recovering from the attack. But as usual, Massimo does not allow her to go out and is still very controlling of her. On top of this all, he has suddenly become very distant. There is trouble in paradise but somehow, they both are always in the mood for sex. Once, in the middle of Massimo’s meeting, Laura seductively looks at him, and he excuses himself to go have sexy times with her. So random! *SMH*

In the meantime, since Massimo is not giving her enough attention, Laura finally realises that she has other jobs than being arm candy and being 24*7 available for Massimo to have sex with her, she decides to contribute to her fashion boutique. She and her sister Olga are invited to go to Portugal to attend a fashion fair, where Laura meets Nacho’s sister, Amelia.

Amelia asks Laura to forgive Nacho and explains that he is not a bad person but rather just very loyal to their father. All this talk, maybe, ignites her love for Nacho and she keeps on fantasising about him all the time. Nacho also gets in touch with Laura and they have full-blown sex on the beach. Laura be living her best life, fellas! Laura also confesses to her mother that she is in love with Nacho and her mother goes on to give her solid but kaafi problematic advice saying, “A woman is supposed to be selfish in a relationship.”

After her return from Portugal, Nacho comes to pick her up from the airport, disguised wearing a cap! What a pro job at disguising, Nacho! He confesses his love for her and even goes on to say that he is ready to wait for her as long as it takes. When she comes home, Olga tells Laura that Massimo knew of her hot and heavy moments with Nacho and definitely looks pissed. But Laura, who suddenly develops a spine, says she’s not scared of him and goes to confront him. The two discuss their relationship and Massimo ends up asking her the million-dollar question, “Are you back, baby girl?”

The Cast

Anna-Maria Sieklucka plays Laura Biel and Michele Morrone essays the role of Don Massimo Torricelli. Magdalena Lamparska reprises her role as Olga, and our very own Nacho is played by Simone Susinna. I am super pissed at Anna for taking up this role. I wonder if she ever asked the makers what her purpose in the film was. Massimo just got all the more annoying and his dialogues were a classic case of hawa-baazi. And even I don’t know what happened to our lover boy Nacho at the end.

Verdict

Firstly, there was no point of this film as it does not have a plot. The characters were poorly written from the very first film itself and there was no change in the third film either. Secondly, there was no need to keep the film open-ended as well. It added to the already chaotic writing and this open interpretation made no sense either. There were so many moments of lull in this film which easily could have been avoided by showing Laura being capable enough to make her own decision.

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I mean, how can she be so clueless about her own life? Like bro, you were kidnapped by a mafia boss, kept at home all the time, your freedom was snatched away and was given a year to fall in love with him. With all of this going on, how can she have no opinion on it at all? How is she just accepting this BS? Plus, I don’t know what Laura’s key takeaway from her mother’s advice was. Amid this, Laura’s sister Olga was another sample piece in the film! That woman had no job in the film except to get drunk and smoke and act like the wanna-be IT girl.

Plus, there are reports that the makers are going to release the fourth part of the film as well. Just when I had thought that headache of a film trilogy was over, I will have to wait to see what fate Nacho meets and who Laura ends up with.

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