IMDb plot summary: A weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin turns into chaos after it's revealed that one of the guests is not what they seem.
Directed by Drew Hancock. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, and Lukas Gage.
Companion follows a young woman who goes to spend the weekend with her boyfriend's friends at a remote cabin, but everything starts going wrong. The trailers for this movie were extremely cagey about some of the plot points you discover pretty early on in the film, so I think I'm going to keep my synopsis cagey too. But I had a really good time with this. There are some really enjoyable twists and turns that I didn't see coming, and the pacing of the movie is smart and kept me engaged the whole time. I was a little disappointed by Sophie Thatcher's performance in this film, although I have liked her in other things, but the supporting cast of Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, and Harvey Guillen really bring the whole experience home in a very satisfying way. It also is smart about knowing when to make the audience laugh versus jump, and it deflates the tension exactly the right way every time. A really solid thriller/comedy, if not groundbreaking.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Companion > Wide Awake
Companion > Key Largo
Companion < Cam
Companion < Spencer
Companion > Shiva Baby
Companion < CODA
Companion > Tell It to the Bees
Companion < Sanjuro
Companion > The Fantasticks
Companion < Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Companion > A Haunting in Venice
Companion < Roxanne
Final spot: #833 out of 4002, or 79%.
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