The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is a 2021 American science fiction romantic comedy film directed by Ian Samuels, from a screenplay by Lev Grossman, based on his 2016 short story of the same name.

Mark tells her about his desire to go to art school, and his father quitting his job to write a book on the Civil War; she talks about her dream of working as a mission specialist for NASA, and how she has been looking for a missing dog.

Every evening she hurries off after receiving a text from a medical student named Jared, who Mark speculates must be her boyfriend.

After talking to his sister Emma, Mark learns their dad did not quit his job, but was fired and was too ashamed to reveal it.

When the plane crosses the International Date Line, Mark wakes up in his bedroom, realizing the plan did not work.

The shadow cast by the model creates an image of a four-dimensional cube, with a single vertex missing.

Margaret finds Mark sitting alone at the pool and explains that she is responsible for the time loop: this was the last day her mother is alive, and she was not willing to move past it.

[2] In February 2020, Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton and Cleo Fraser joined the cast of the film, with Amazon Studios distributing.

The website's critics consensus states, "Its characters' time-loop journey is a little bumpy and fairly familiar, but heartfelt charm and likeable leads make A Map of Tiny Perfect Things worth following.

[8] In 2024, it was adapted into a Thai film Love Stuck starring Teeradon Supapunpinyo and Plearnpichaya Komalarajun on Prime Video.