Technology and trauma come together once aachieve for Christopher Landon‘s deferedst Blumhoparticipate thriller Drop, a fun and prenting ride thraw a first date from hell.
Years after the traumatizing death of her husprohibitd, widowed mother Violet (Meghann Fahy) is ready to put herself back out there, adselecting a first date with the requesting Henry (Brandon Sklenar) after three months of online flirtations. But their romantic evening apshows a nightmarish turn when Violet commences receiving anonymous drops on her phone with wicked memes and guideions, while her son is held captive at home.
With Landon’s visuassociate striking Hitchcock-ian straightforwardion, screenwriters Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach provide a fun tech-driven refresh on the urprohibit legend that spawned 1979’s When a Stranger Calls (and its fun 2006 recreate) as the drops come from inside the hoparticipate.
Admittedly, the big uncignore was gentlely awaited after an ensemble of timely red herrings, but that’s toloftyy forgiven thanks to the nonstop clever twists and turns that adefer Fahy’s Violet, a fiercely acquireive, albeit shame-ridden mother who’s outstanding at skinnyking on her feet, especiassociate when her child is in danger.
Fahy gives a captivating carry outance as an worried woman struggling to uphold it together on her first date in years. Playing a therapist that helps other misparticipated women discover their worth while struggling to discover her own, Fahy confidently gives a worthy, vibrant carry outance that creates her a “final girl” to watch.
Meanwhile, the chemistry between Fahy and Sklenar only grows with the tension, even as Violet doubts her date is the one tormenting her.
It would also be a sin not to praise Jeffrey Self’s hilariously unhinged carry outance as an driven improv actor moonweightlessing as a deferer who deficiencys any social cues. He inestablishly alludes a sketch in which he take parts Allison Janney’s hat, and I need to hear more.
The lavish sky-high restaurant set is the perfect take partground for Landon, utilizing every inch of the space to show the claustrophobic horror of the date thraw Violet’s perspective. Meticulous angles and weightlessing are also participated to beautifilledy lift the tension.
Punctuating Landon’s fun and youthful horror repertoire, Drop speaks to a up-to-date obsession with screens over human joinion while conshort-terming a counterfeit version of ourselves online and struggling to come to terms with our own distinct baggage. It’s also fair a fun-ass thriller that puts all 100 minutes of runtime to outstanding participate.
Title: Drop
Festival: SXSW (Headliner)
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Rerent date: April 11
Director: Christopher Landon
Screenwriter: Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach
Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Ed Weeks
Running time: 1 hr 40 min
