By Alyssa Tornel, Courier Entertainment Editor
Everyday is a new type of love story that’ll make you laugh, cry, 
and smile. Based on the book written by David Levithan, Everyday adds a creative twist to what may be perceived as a typical romance movie.
Rhiannon, played by Angourie Rice, is an everyday sixteen-year old high schooler. However, she begins to fall in love with a spirit after they inhabit her later ex-boyfriend’s body. The spirit calls itself “A”, and ever since it could remember, it has woken up in a new person’s body each day.
Spirits spend the day living the body they’re in, and at exactly 11:59 PM, they must be asleep in to go into the next person’s body. Once A meets Rhiannon, they fall in love and their personalities simply click.
At first, Rhiannon doesn’t think it’s even possible, but after a few explanations from A (given by Lucas Jade Zumann, Jacob Batalon, Ian Alexander, and Jake sim; just to name a few) she starts to understand. However, once A inhabits Alexander, played by Owen Teague (who also played Patrick HockStetter in IT), Rhiannon convinces them to try and stay in his body–which works for a few days. A feels that they’re kicking Alexander out of his life so they decide to leave Rhiannon with Alexander knowing he’ll treat her right, but promises her that they’ll leave a mark on the world.
The concept of a spirit transferring into a person’s body each night was perplexing at first, but once the plot becomes clearer, the movie gets quite enjoyable. Understandably, anyone who hasn’t read the book or watched the trailer will be confused for a good while. I recommend reading the book, as it provides some much-needed depth and additional dialogue.
The movie also glosses over several important topics that detach the viewer from the storyline. For instance, in the book, Nathan, who is inhabited by A, drives to meet Rhiannon at a party and ends up not making it back to his house. A religious person, Nathan wakes up the next day thinking he is possessed by the devil. This whole situation quickly escalates and creates some major troubles for A, but is barely brought up in the movie.
Furthermore, after Rhiannon breaks up with Justin, she is shamed as a slut for being with so many people. However, they are all just the same person: A. Thus, some topics in the movie could have benefited from extra background and explanation.
Nevertheless, the movie covered an impressive range of emotions, featuring hilarious one-liners as well as emotional, tear-jerking scenes. If you can quickly catch onto the concept of the protagonist being a spirit and are intrigued by a unique love story, Everyday is definitely a great movie that’s worth the watch.