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Companion



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 1h 37m
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre Tags: Sci-Fi, Thriller
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.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: Nothing groundbreaking about this; it knows what it is, and does it well. The big reveal will probably not be a big reveal to you, and the film is better once it gets that out of the way and can focus on being a suprisingly funny cat-and-mouse thriller. Jack Quaid is a very believable manchild that you will love to hate. Sophie Thatcher is also very good, and if you don't root for her, you're the real monster.


Outside Reviews:

Peyton Robinson
2.5 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

"Companion" tells more than it shows, not engaging too deeply with the consequences of mechanized misogyny and the implications of accommodating a culture of non-consent. Its existence insists upon its themes rather than picking apart the meat of the world it purports we may be headed toward. If the hesitation came from stripping too much fascia from its comedic bones, "Companion" arguably centers its jokes on the characters' apathy and lack of accountability: a vast terrain of comedic opportunity. Hancock's film is not revolutionary nor particularly thoughtful past the outline of its concept. Regardless, it's an enjoyable romp in the sci-fi horror sphere.


Jesse Hassenger
Grade: C+ - Sophie Thatcher makes a great Companion in an otherwise facile horror romp

Hancock is more assured with sight gags—Iris slipping out of her captivity in the background of a shot is laugh-out-loud funny—than sci-fi-horror provocation or "satirical" affirmation of social truths, which amount to Companion arriving last on the scene, ready to destroy already-eviscerated Nice Guy desperation. The ongoing sight of a blood-soaked Thatcher finding herself through violent confrontations, essentially figuring out on the fly whether she's a Terminator or a Final Doll, is diverting enough. Her melancholic presence hints at the trippier, more genuinely unsettling horror movie this could have pivoted into.