365 Days

This review of The Next 365 Days is spoiler-free. Sometimes being a film and TV critic means watching softcore Polish erotica at 8 am, and it was while.

At this point, I think I understand what the appeal is about these deeply silly movies, and I also think it’s a waste of time to critique them on the level that you ordinarily would. It felt purely aesthetic at first – Laura gets to have her cake and eat it, more so in this movie than either of the previous two. Weirdly, though, I don’t think this not being a “proper” film is even a criticism at this point. Even the most authoritative of men can’t put business first in this fantasy. It’s easy to dismiss everything to do with 365 Days, on a moral level – they’re still about deeply unhealthy ideas of sex and relationships – and a technical one since they are really atrociously written and plotted if you stop to think about it for even a second. The first was that these films are essentially review-proof, which I pointed out in

'The Next 365 Days,' the third entry in Netflix's moronic Polish softcore franchise, reduces a proudly yuck premise to a limp love triangle.

Though she’s referring to her deeply uninvolving romantic dilemma, it’s hard not to hear her speaking with the wistful voice of the Netflix accountancy department, as they, and they alone, offer up a prayer that there might be many more “365 Days” to come. Granted, the songs are 100% indistinguishable and all the lyrics appear written by the same algorithm that generates the dialogue: Who knows what to make of a sex scene scored to a gravel-voiced chorus of “Fuck society?” Still, 25! Indeed, the only contributors who don’t appear completely tapped out by the end of “The Next 365 Days” are those with arguably the most reason to be. One wants to ball her in the Mediterranean, the other wants “to meditate with her in Bali.” Tomasz Mandes and Mojca Tirš, co-writing with the books’ author Blanka Lipinska, already distanced “This Day” from the original film’s queasy rapiness, but now seem eager to engineer a full 180. During one would-be dramatic confrontation between Laura and Massimo, it’s hard not to be distracted by the handprints on the glass rooftop railing between them that glint greasily in the lens flare. Nacho, who absconded with Laura, aka “baby girl” (still ick), in episode two and was then revealed to be the scion of another Sicilian gangster clan, attends a post-bloodbath parlay with Massimo.

Drama, drama, drama! While there's no more books in the original novel series to adapt, the movie has a pretty ambiguous ending that could leave the door open ...

At the end of The Next 365 Days, Laura and Massimo reunite on a beach in Sicily. The future of Laura and Massimo in the films, however, is left open-ended. But of course, all of that depends on how many viewers tune in to watch the third film. The third film adapts the story from the third book, with both of them wrapping up Laura and Massimo's relationship in different ways. The third – and currently final – instalment of the series sees Laura (Sieklucka) somehow survive the brutal shooting at the end of the second film, and follows as she and Massimo (Morrone) work through their own issues, on top of her having a spicy affair with Nacho (Susinna) behind Massimo's back. The Next 365 Days (a.k.a 365 Days: Part 3), starring Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone and Simone Susinna, dropped on Netflix on August 19th.

The sequel to 365 Days took two years to be made, so we might see a fourth movie in that timeframe if there is one. If we are ever reunited with Laura and Massimo, we will have to wait until 2024. In the past, Netflix has based the success of ...

In the past, Netflix has based the success of its movies or TV shows on the first 28 days, so we might not have to wait for a while before another movie is released. The sequel to 365 Days took two years to be made, so we might see a fourth movie in that timeframe if there is one. It is unclear whether a fourth movie is in the works, so we will have to wait a little while. A trilogy of films based on the books by Blanka Lipiska was made, with the first movie being a faithful adaptation, until the sequel deviated from the plot to tell its own tale. It all culminated in a different ending than what was described in the book trilogy. What is the current status of the 365 Days 4 trailer?

The weird thing about the ending of The Next 365 Days is we don't know which guy she chooses! The film ends with Massimo asking Laura, “Ar you back, baby girl?” ...

However fans of 365 Days might be left wondering if the conclusion of The Next 365 Days is purposely open-ended to set up a fourth film. “I mean, who knows if this is the end?” Morrone said with a laugh. [The Next 365 Days](https://decider.com/movie/the-next-365-days/) ends on something of a cliffhanger.

Like its predecessors, The Next 365 Days is basically a long-form music video with tons of songs playing throughout its runtime. Here's the full list.

- “Bye Bye” by JJ Abel feat. If you watched the first four minutes of footage that was released last month, you probably already knew that Laura survived and Massimo’s twin (and Anna) died. Many songs from mainstays like EMO are on the soundtrack, as is another song from Michele Morrone, who plays Massimo in the franchise.