Starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Amie Donald and Jenna Davis.
Plot: A roboticist gives a new AI doll to her niece as a companion and things don’t go well.
Cady (played superbly by Violet McGraw), loses her parents tragically and is taken in by her Aunt Gemma (played well by Allison Williams). Unfortunately, Gemma is bad at life, in pretty much every aspect. She is at times awkward, rude and self-centered. She doesn’t really get along with many people; her neighbor and her boss being prime examples. She does not know how to take care of or relate to a kid.
Gemma does try though, which counts for something. She has this goal of creating an AI companion, but gets push back from her boss, David. She does it anyway though and gives the prototype to her niece. Which is a bad idea even without the possibility of where a horror movie would take things.
Gemma impresses David by showing him Cady with Megan and they submit Megan’s design for marketing. Shortly after the shit hits the fan. But it ends up happier than I expected and aunt and niece wind up bonding.
I like the acting in Megan. The situations and reactions are realistic. Not too many likable characters and Gemma is God awful in the beginning, but we think she had to be for the movie to work. The script is good, solid rules, nice effects. Soundtrack is on point. The story is interesting, the opening is memorable, and it ends nicely. It’s also pretty funny in places. We would totally rewatch this for fun.
Tara nearly loved it with a 76 and I just plain did with an 88.
10 Things That Make Me DJVoorhees.
1. My favorite food is pepperoni pizza. From the East Coast of course.
2. My most prized possession is a replica of the Hellraiser puzzle box. My sister haggled the price for me, but she still doesn't like touching the thing.
3. Controversial Food Opinion Time! For one, fish is meat. It was once alive. Now it's food. Fish is meat. For another thing, a lot of fish can be paired with different kinds of cheese and be quite delicious. Gordon Ramsey and many other chefs are wrong. Yeah, I said it.
4. A lot of movies make me tear up. I'm not too proud to admit that. Even horror gets me when done well. Train to Busan, for instance, hit me so hard, I think I cried during the whole end credits.
5. My dream house would be all one story, have a huge back yard for our 2 dogs, a huge catio for our 2 cats (complete with tunnels, trees, and a cat door so they can run in and out whenever), several industrial-sized airconditioning systems, a solar array, a panic system, a library, a game room, a movie theater, 3 different kitchens, an indoor swimming pool, 2 koi ponds and a giant wall surrounding the whole damn thing.
6. If I could have superhero type powers, I'd want to make anyting I can imagine, a reality. Organic or inorganic. A living thing or a sandwich. If I see a Burger King commercial, I want to be able to think a Whopper into being right in front of me.
7. I'm enjoying a lot of interesting music lately. From classic rock to modern singer-songwriters. Some of my favorites are Jasmine Thompson, Norah Jones, Chris Stapleton and the great James Taylor.
8. I watched wrestling for over a decade from the 90's into the 2000's. Recently, with the introduction of the Bloodline faction and the return of The Rock, I started watching it again. I'm really liking it, too. Some of my favorites are Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Rhea Ripley and Sami Zayn.
9. Creepy, sickly, old women scare me. Think "Zelda" from Pet Sematary, "Mrs. Kersh" from IT, and "The Countess" from Black Sabbath.
10. My first pet ever was a bunny named Buffy. Yes, after the vampire slayer. The movie slayer though, not the show one. Do not like the show.
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