"We're not in the office anymore, Bradley!'
Rachel McAdams (trying to look unattractive, as if) and Dylan O'Brien get stranded on a tropical island and try to kill each other. I don't think I'm spoiling anything for anyone who has seen the trailer, or knows the work of director Sam Raimi. The fun part of this was watching it with people who went in blind, wrongfully assuming it would be a sort of Blue Lagoon-type thriller. Nope!
These days, and especially with this particular movie, you just can't trust the reviews. Are the bad reviews bad because they hated what went on behind the scenes? Are the good reviews good because people want it to succeed despite the backlash? I always make it a point to decide for myself. Oh, and to see it before the ending is spoiled online somewhere.
Happy to say Kevin Williamson delivers. Tension all the way, some great Scream-ish moments. Neve andβ¦
"No one's normal. It just looks that way from across the street."
With this cast, this was to be a must watch. Not only do they not disappoint, they go above and beyond. Jason Bateman is often drawn towards some dark material, such as this. He's crazy good, subdued, but so awesome. David Harbour is equally great, better than anything else he's been in that I've seen.
It's kinky, it's cringey, it's funny, it's sad, it's well worth watching! You might look at Indiana Jones in a whole new light afterwards...
So, basically, I started crying immediately, as soon as they showed the SpongeBob bedroom.
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