Tiffany Paulsen’s 2025 romantic drama film feels like a Hallmark film with A24 aesthetics. The plot, the characters, and the performances had me rooting for the film, only for me to be left disappointed. The characters felt one-dimensional, and the love story was underexplored. Winter Spring Summer or Fall is one of those ‘could’ve been’ films, full of potential but ended up a cliché. Remi, a perfect Sat-scoring, high-achieving genius from the suburbs, met Barnes, a Talking Heads fan and somewhat-of-a-dreamer-with-no-clues-about-his-future classmate. They were polar opposites, and that was perhaps all the more reason why Barnes was intrigued by Remi. This was not the first time he’d seen her. Remi was his friend, Pj’s neighbor and he had heard all about her achievements and was thoroughly impressed. Barnes didn’t waste the opportunity to introduce himself to Remi when they crossed paths on a train ride, and...