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The Other Zoey

The Other Zoey

Romance · Drama · Comedy · 2023

Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

Movie details

The Other Zoey

“Love is the one thing she can't outsmart.”

2023 Romance · Drama · Comedy 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.9 / 10

12.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

87 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Other Zoey?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sara Zandieh

Written by

Matthew Tabak

Josephine Langford

Josephine Langford

Zoey Miller

Drew Starkey

Drew Starkey

Zack MacLaren

Archie Renaux

Archie Renaux

Miles MacLaren

Mallori Johnson

Mallori Johnson

Elle

Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

Connie MacLaren

Patrick Fabian

Patrick Fabian

Matt MacLaren

Heather Graham

Heather Graham

Paula Miller

Court is in session

Put The Other Zoey on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.