When We First Met

I think the Netflix Original When We First Met, directed by Ari Sandel, is a great movie. It is a romantic comedy starring Adam DeVine and Alexandra Daddario. Adam DeVine is one of my favorite comedic actors. He has come along way in his career from staring in his raunchy comedy, Workaholics, to starring in a great family show that has been nominated for many Golden Globes and Emmys, Modern Family.

Adam DeVine plays Noah Ashby and Alexandra Daddario plays Avery Martin. The movie starts of at Avery Martin’s engagement party. Noah remembers his first time meeting Avery at a Halloween party three years ago. He remembers how much he connected with her at the party. Noah and Avery had left the party together and went to a bar that Noah works at. They had a wonderful time together there. Noah played the piano and sang to her and then they took funny pictures in a photo booth. They go back to Avery’s house and have serial and the relationship doesn’t go further than that romantically. The next scene goes back to Avery’s engagement party where Noah is upset and gets very drunk because he wishes he was the one with Avery. Then Avery’s best friend, Carrie, takes Noah to the bar he works at to meet with his friend Max. At the bar, Noah gets into the same photo booth he was in with Avery three years ago. He wished that he could have another chance to go back to that Halloween party and have another shot at having a romantic relationship with Avery. This is where the movie starts to pick up. I liked that the backstory of the movie didn’t take to long and it gets into the action pretty quick.

Noah wakes up very confused. When he realizes that his wish came true, he makes it a mission to get in a romantic relationship with Avery. He goes to the Halloween party and uses everything he knows about Avery to make her fall in 

love with her. He was unsuccessful in that attempt so he went back to the magic photo booth and did the same thing again. He was unsuccessful again and was very frustrated. He had a deep conversation with Carrie and she said that Avery wants a guy who is secure, has a good job, and who is ready to settle down and have a family. Noah then goes back and time and wakes up and is a really successful VP of a company. He is very happy because he finds out that he is married to Avery. He then realizes that she isn’t happy with him. He is very upset by this. He talked to Carrie about how he just wanted Avery to be happy. During this conversation he realized how much he has loved talking to Carrie over all his time travel experiences. He goes back in time and tries to have a romantic relationship with Carrie. He didn’t get to be with her that night. He then woke up three years later and went to Avery’s engagement party. He asked Carrie on a date there and then the movie ended. During the credits at the after the movie ended, the audience sees pictures of Carrie and Noah in a relationship.



I really enjoyed this movie because it ended really well. I was confused during the movie because I didn’t think it would be a good way to fall in love with someone by going back in time and telling someone everything they want to hear just so they would fall in love with someone. I’m glad Noah fell in love with Carrie because they were really connecting all movie.