Netflix’s 2003-Set Movie Sparks Outrage Over Its ‘Time Cut’ from Millennial Fashion Trends

‘Time Cut’, Netflix new horror movie, where a teen accidently Time travels to 2003, a day before her sister was killed by a Masked Murderer.

Prashyant Jha

India

Monday 04 November 2024

An outrage has sparked among millennials who feel Netflix’s new horror movie Time Cut doesn’t accurately resemble the Noughties.

The movie begins with Outer Banks’s Madison Bailey as Lucy Field. As the story revels Lucy Field accidently travels back in time 2003 , few days before her older sister (Ginny and Georgia’s Antonia Gentry) and three other students are murdered by a masked figure.

The streamer shared a trailer for the film on X with the caption: “Spend a day in 2003!” On Wednesday (October 30), the day of its release.

In the teaser, Bailey’s character, Lucy, enters a high school to the sound of Hilary Duff’s 2003 hit, So Yesterday. As she makes her way down the halls, she notices girls sporting bright pink and turquoise tracksuits, Ugg boots, and denim miniskirts. Meanwhile, other students roll by on Heelys, chat on flip phones, and listen to music on portable CD players.

Several users on X (formerly Twitter) have since voiced their frustrations in the comments, critiquing the movie’s portrayal of 2003 fashion and tech accessories.

one wrote, “This doesn’t look like 2003, idk how to explain it, but this looks like 2024 pretending to be 2003,”

“The lighting is off here. It’s too clear and bright. We wore color but the saturation of those colors and lighting overall feel too current,” a second noted, while a third said: “We were not on our devices like that at the time.”

“Why are all these kids wearing Uggs?” another questioned. “Like, they existed back then, but they were nowhere near that popular yet. At least not where I lived.”

someone else tweeted, “Not a frosted tip in sight. No goths or punks. No hemp necklaces. No t-shirt over long sleeve tee. Did they not have a single 40yo working on this production?”

Netflix's 2003-Set Movie Sparks Outrage Over Its 'Time Cut' from Millennial Fashion Trends ,Antonia Gentry and Bailey Madison in ‘Time Cut’ — Antonia Gentry and Bailey Madison in ‘Time Cut’ (Allen Fraser/Netflix)

Other quipped, with a second adding: “The makeup. We were never so polished. It was bad, like foundation 3 shades darker than our skintone,” “There’s a lack of bangs and SIDE PARTS, why everyone has a middle part haha?”