Follow Her (2023)

My quick rating - 4.6/10. Let's see what Bec picks for us tonight. It doesn't take long before you have plenty of reasons to hope Jess, played by Dani Barker, is the first to be killed. I felt like all they did was rip off Black Mirror (not sure if they did it directly or not), but it definitely had the earlier seasons' vibe to it. Barker runs a video log cam site where she makes money by what appears to be faking things for her viewers, such as S&M shows or something along those lines. It is immediately shown at the start, so not a spoiler, since they will revisit whatever her cam-site is actually for later on. Since all of that is just to pay the bills (sort of) while she truly wants to be an actress, she responds to an ad for someone seeking a fetish playmate, which gets her into a bit of trouble for privacy. Her next booking then ends up being the meat of the movie.

A man looking for a female perspective in finishing up a screenplay. Of course, this is where all the stupid decisions come into play to make this movie possible. She meets up with Tom, played pretty convincingly by Luke Cook, and decides to take the job. The rest of the movie is basically these two in what ends up being some strange revenge story. This movie couldn't have worked at all had these two not been able to pull off their roles. As much as seeing Barkers' insanely irritating character killed off would've made me happy, it would've put a damper on this whole flick. One that easily could've been a stage play. I also think that as a play, this would've been pretty successful, but I digress. Let me point out the references before. There is a tech twist in this since I did mention Black Mirror, as this whole flick is trying to make a clear reference to what the online culture has become. And the bad decisions, I'll just leave to every woman who decides to watch this movie to see how many times they realize there is no way they would've done "that." And "that" ends up being decision after decision. I will state that the finished product did end up being worth sitting through the 92 minutes of. If it had dragged out any longer, though, I would've been getting antsy. I personally would've still cut 10 minutes from this since there is too much pointless dialogue that easily could've been filtered. Medicore is about the best term for this flick, so entirely up to you.

You can check this one out on Amazon or any of these streamers.

Follow Her (2023)

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