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‘The Life List’ Review: Sofia Carson’s Rote Romantic Drama for Netflix Inspires Jeers, Not Cheers
An aimless 30-something’s mission to complete her teenage to-do list in order to claim her inheritance turns into a sluggish ticking clock scenario.
As is, the two-hour-plus Netflix original suffers by attempting to blend two predictable storylines into one: a reductive romantic search for The One crammed in alongside a drama about a directionless woman encouraged by her dead mother to rediscover her joie de vivre in order to claim her inheritance. Worse still, it’s frustratingly more concerned with telling us how she’s financially able to afford having a delayed quarter-life identity crisis in New York City than it is with giving her journey toward enlightenment any genuine, satiating sense of internal transformation. Alex’s mission to reignite her sense of self and spend a little more time with her mother via pre-recorded video vignettes won’t be easy, as the list is filled with tough tasks like playing classical piano, reading “Moby Dick” and finding true love.
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