From the director of “Nobody Walks” and “You Won’t Miss Me,” Ry Russo Young produces “Before I Fall” based on the “New York Times” bestselling novel by award-winning Lauren Oliver.

Despite the modest budget of $5 million, Young manages to include richly layered visuals and moody Pacific Northwest aerial shots.

As depicted from the book, the movie follows the same cliche life of every high school student. Samantha Kingston (Zoey Duitch) has everything: the perfect friends, perfect boyfriend and perfect life.

However, everything changes after one night.

On the way home from a party, Samantha and her best friend and queen bee Lindsey (Halston Sage), along with the other members of her clique Ally (Cynthy Wu) and Elody (Medalion Rahimi), get into a car accident. Samantha dies, however, the next day she wakes up in her bedroom and realizes she’s stuck reliving Valentine’s Day over and over again.

Samantha relives the same drama and worries over the same questions every day: Who will get the most roses? Will Juliet Sykes, a victim of Lindsey’s daily harassment, confront them again? How can Samantha avoid the car crash that leads to her death?

As each day passes, Samantha’s persona begins to change. At first, she is ignorant and slightly materialistic, but after experiencing death, she begins to look at the world in a different perspective. Her typical school drama paled in comparison once she realized everything was essentially worthless, after all, there’s no use worrying about the chemistry test when you’re going to die.

The role of Samantha Kingston is a difficult character to play because she is dynamic and round. Duitch does a good job in developing her character on screen by portraying a hidden side of her that is more compassionate and serious while being able to balance “popular Sam” and “plain old Sam.”

Samantha learns a lesson every day by noticing things she never sees outside her little bubble of “perfectionism.” She learns there’s more to life than being popular and conforming to society and standards.

It’s the typical storyline where the mean and popular girl ends up becoming humble and grounded. Though one easily notices this theme in various movies such as “Mean Girls” and “Teen Spirit,” Samantha differs from the stereotype by still staying loyal to her friends, no matter how airheaded or selfish they appear to be.

The movie is sappy, emotional, suspenseful and one big cliche, however it still does a good job in making viewers feel compassion for all the characters. Fortunately, the film doesn’t vary too much from the book and the plot is relatively the same. The main theme teaches the lesson that everyone deserves a chance to improve, and Young does a good job showcasing this.

“Before I Fall” deserves 8/10 stars, and is recommended to anyone looking to watch a youthful and entertaining movie. It’s extremely high school-esque and is chock-full of drama and morals relevant in today’s society.