Companion (2025)

Companion is sharpest in its first half hour and most ordinary in its last, when a clever setup settles into a familiar chase and a few convenient plot holes start doing the heavy lifting. That setup, though, is a gem, and you’ll get zero details here. Iris adores her boyfriend Josh and can replay the day they met like a favorite song. He takes her to a lakehouse weekend with his friends, where she’s the new face in the group, and then the weekend cracks open, along with everything she thought she knew. Sophie Thatcher is terrific, playing Iris as sweet, rattled and then steely. Jack Quaid is perfectly cast as Josh, who insists he’s one of the nice ones. Drew Hancock, in his first feature, keeps the jokes dark and the colors candy bright. It made $37 million worldwide on a reported $10 million budget. A 7.6 because it’s a sly, twisty thriller that knows exactly who it’s mad at. $21.66 says you ask your partner to describe the day you met and quietly grade the answer.

What works: Sophie Thatcher is excellent, and the first act’s big turn is a genuinely fun gut punch that sets up a sharp story about control.

What doesn’t: The last act becomes a fairly standard chase, and a few plot conveniences hold the ending together.

Who it’s for: Anyone who likes dark comedy thrillers with a twist and a point to make about relationships.