| There are so many spoilers for Companion out there already, but it’s best to go in knowing as little as possible. If you are at all curious, stop reading now, go see it and enjoy the gasps and chuckles from the audience with each new twist. For those who need a bit more information, it’s a mostly violent, blood-filled horror/thriller/science fiction/comedy making fun of the directions that men are taking our society. | | 2025
Directed by: Drew Hancock
Screenplay by: Drew Hancock
Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid
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Since I do not want to contribute to what I’m sure will be an unseemly amount of spoilers and plot-specific discourse populating the internet by opening weekend, this review will be a frustrating general, non-specific discussion without revealing a single significant plot point. Sorry in advance, but to be fair, I did tell you to stop reading.
Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) are in love, it happened during an adorable meet cute at the grocery store where Josh can’t take his eyes off the abashedly demure, pretty-in-pink Iris and topples over the oranges. In literally the opening sentence of the movie, Iris tells us how great their love is until she has to kill him.
The movie and its advertising love playing up the very pink theme and romance surrounding all the characters, but since they’re already revealing a murder in the opening sentence of the movie, they can stop pretending it’s a romantic comedy. It’s a horror-esque blood-filled romp through the near future of our society.
The twists come fast and often. The first act is basically twist after twist and half the audience laughs while half the audience gasps; the reactions alone are almost as entertaining as the movie. The easier to guess twists come earliest leaving lots of room for more twists that you won’t be able to predict all of. The first 30 minutes covers more than I would have predicted the entire film to cover. It’s a very refreshing fast pace.
There are a number of clever turns in the second act – maintaining the violence and comedy intersection that works so well in the first part. Things do get messy, both figuratively and literally, in the final act. I don’t think everything that occurs quite fits the rules already established, and at times they go bigger than necessary. I did however have fun, and the not-so-hidden message helps keep things moving and interesting.
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