Palm Springs is streaming on Amazon Prime in Australia. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia,No diminishing returns: Cristin Milioti and Andy Samberg in Palm Springs.alm Springs, in the words of Andy Samberg’s character, Nyles, is “one of those infinite time loop situations you might’ve heard about”.
It transpires that Nyles has been trapped in this infinite loop for longer than he can remember, resigned to the fact he will never experience linear time again. It also comes to light that Sarah is not the first person to have accidentally joined Nyles in this temporal purgatory. Another wedding guest, Roy , also entered the cave rift and is pretty furious about it. He is determined to make Nyles pay, infinitely, for ruining his life.
Released in 2020 as the pandemic was in full swing, Palm Springs’ modest, temporal adventure could not have landed at a more appropriate time. Repeating the same day again and again suddenly became relatable. But it’s Palm Springs’ good heart that really makes it resonate. Despite the wry, sarcastic vein of humour that runs through it and its deviations into existential despair, Palm Springs’ goal is to lift your spirits.
Now, that might all sound a bit bleak and, I guess, ideologically that might be accurate. But Palm Springs has a light touch and, as Nyles is quick to inform us, “being a source of terror is not fun” so things never get dark enough to drain the story’s energy or pour cold water on Samberg and Milioti’s spark.Photograph: Album/Alamy