Finley helms a substantial debut dark dramedy / thriller. The film has ambitious direction, screenplay, setting, costume and acting. Taylor-Joy, Cooke and the late Yelchin deliver superlative performances. Their characters compliment eachother perfectly mostly because they each have different skill sets. The plot revolves around two friends who are reunited after several years apart. Lily is an affluent rich girl with too much time on her hands and Amanda has become a social outcast surviving on her intellect and guile. Lilly needs to get rid of her stepfather who is going to cut her off and ship her away to boarding school. Amanda is the girl with the plan and will benefit financially and socially by assisting. Neither wants to get their hands dirty so they enlist the naive Tim who is enamoured with the girls. Tim proves to be somewhat inept and this is where where the thrilling joy ride begins. The plot is crisp, clever, witty, unique, duplicitous, blazing and has a cathartic ending. There's something about two sociopaths plotting the demise of a despicable narcissist that seems so right in this movie. The film definitely examines the definition of friendship. There are many memorable scenes and quotes in this film. This viewer's favorite quote is when Tim says to Lily, " You got a creepy friend". It's uproarious to believe Amanda is the only one looked at as being creepy. This is a daft and penetrating film in it's genre.
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