365 Days: This Day (2022)

Movie · 2022 · Romance, Drama · 1h 50m · R · PL

Curator score: 0.0/10 (86K ratings)

Oh Yes.

Overview

Laura and Massimo are back and hotter than ever. But the reunited couple's new beginning is complicated by Massimo’s family ties and a mysterious man who enters Laura’s life to win her heart and trust, at any cost.

Ratings

Director

Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes

Production

Ekipa, Open Mind Production

Cast

Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone, Simone Susinna, Magdalena Lamparska, Otar Saralidze, Natasza Urbańska, Ramón Langa, Ewa Kasprzyk, Dariusz Jakubowski, Tomasz Mandes, Blanka Lipińska, Natalia Siwiec, Karolina Pisarek, Robert Wabich, Sławomir Mandes, Rafał Iwaniuk, Natalia Karpińska, Adrianna Chlebicka, Tomasz Karolak

Where to watch

Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

Curator Review

Verdict

A glossy, hypersexual sequel with little dramatic payoff, thin character work, and a tone that reads more like an extended music video than a compelling romance thriller. It may appeal to viewers who want pure, uncritical spectacle, but most audiences will find the plotting repetitive and the chemistry too shallow to carry the runtime.

Best for

  • Viewers seeking campy, low-brow erotic melodrama
  • Fans of high-gloss, fashion-forward romance excess
  • People who enjoy watching bad movies as a group

Skip if

  • You want believable relationships or emotional depth
  • You dislike exploitative, repetitive erotic drama
  • You prefer strong writing, suspense, or coherent plotting

Overview

This sequel doubles down on the franchise’s biggest selling points: polished bodies, expensive-looking surfaces, and a constant sense that the movie is trying to sell desire rather than dramatize it. The result is less a romance than a parade of poses, jealousies, and manufactured obstacles, with the story often feeling like an excuse to move from one steamy tableau to the next.

Worth noting

There is a certain shamelessness to the whole enterprise, and that can be entertaining in the abstract. But the film’s emotional stakes are flimsy, the dialogue is clunky, and the thriller elements are too undercooked to add real tension. What remains is a glossy, overcooked fantasy that may provoke laughter more often than longing.

Bottom line

If you are already invested in the franchise’s brand of maximalist erotic melodrama, this delivers more of the same. For everyone else, it is a hard sell: loud, repetitive, and far more interested in surface heat than in character or payoff.

Top Letterboxd reviews

ale (0.5★) · 2055 likes

Netflix: why are we losing so many subscribers?!? Also Netflix:

Amanda the Jedi (0.5★) · 1418 likes

It's genuinely shocking how much of this is just a series of music video style f*cktage's

nxeo01 (0.5★) · 1308 likes

i skipped to the end after seeing golf balls aimed at her ussy

BeHaind (0.5★) · 901 likes

Hach ist das schön: Zwei Menschen (?) sitzen im Sonnenuntergang, beide bildschön, der Typ an der Handfläche tattowiert, sonst nirgends (Redflag!!), sie stiert ihm schwerverliebt auf die bebenden Lippen. Der männliche Hauptdarsteller guckt, als sei die Kokslieferung vom Großhändler nicht eingetroffen, sie ist mal wieder nackig. Und dann, wow, dieser Look - als wäre jemand auf dem Schieberegler des Sepia-Filters von Instagram eingepennt. Alles sieht so schön gleichmäßig aus. Dazu klimpern die lieblichen Klänge des Besten was die deutschen Charts… more

othavio 🇵🇸 · 808 likes

killing myself in front of netflix producers to change the trajectory of their life so they never ever made another 365 days film

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Topics

erotic drama, romantic thriller, toxic relationship, high-gloss style, melodrama, guilty pleasure, luxury lifestyle, obsession, camp, streaming-era romance

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