Critical Score:  60

Starring:  Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding

Director:  Paul Feig

This movie is kind of a mess.  It doesn’t know if it wants to be a psychological thriller, murder mystery or comedy and it just can’t really be taken seriously.  It seems like there were about 10 people who wrote the plot and it wouldn’t be surprising if the plot line changed many times throughout writing and shooting.  Anna Kendrick is funny; Blake Lively and Henry Golding show their acting chops, but the movie just takes too many unbelievable twists, you don’t know whether to feel threatened or if it’s all a joke.  Anna’s character reminds me of “drunk girl” cooking on her many Youtube VLOGs (My Drunk Kitchen) which must have “inspired” Anna’s character.  It seems a little too derivative; a little too similar to the real thing (Anna kind of looks like star on My Drunk Kitchen) without giving credit to the original or even acknowledging its existence.  Metacritic gives this movie a respectable 68 while RT scores it a 70 from top critics.  Probably best to take a pass on this one.