The new movie River is an 86-minute formal experiment. 

A hotel’s staff and its guests are trapped in a two-minute time loop. Every two minutes, the movie jump-cuts back to the opening shot — focused on the same character, framed in the same standing position — before the ensemble tries to figure out different ways to break the loop (and ultimately, how they learn to stop worrying and love the loop). 

Think of it like Groundhog Day, but instead of reliving one day, they consciously relive a two-minute stretch again and again and again and again again (imagine 37 more “agains” in a row here).

Oh, and did I mention that every two-minute stretch is a oner, unfolding in real time?