Companion (2025)
Movie · 2025 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 1h 37m · R · English
Curator score: 4.5/10 (1.7M ratings)
Tagline: Find someone made just for you.
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
Ratings:
- Curator score: 4.5/10
- IMDb: 6.9/10
- Letterboxd: 3.37/5
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
- Metacritic: 70
- TMDB: 7.0/10
Director: Drew Hancock
Production: BoulderLight Pictures, New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, Subconscious, Domain Entertainment
Cast: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend, Jaboukie Young-White, Matthew J. McCarthy, Marc Menchaca, Woody Fu, Ashley Lambert
Where to watch: Max
Curator Review
Verdict: A sharp, nasty sci-fi thriller with horror edges and a strong satirical streak. It plays like a relationship nightmare filtered through tech paranoia, with enough wit, violence, and social bite to make it stand out from standard AI-gone-wrong fare.
Best for: Viewers who like darkly funny genre movies; Fans of tech-paranoia thrillers; Audiences who enjoy feminist revenge stories; People looking for a brisk, twisty weekend-watch
Skip if: You want straightforward horror over satire; You dislike stories centered on toxic relationships; You prefer subtle, low-concept science fiction; You are tired of AI/robot rebellion plots
Overview: Companion is a sleek, mean little genre machine that uses a weekend-gone-bad setup to pry open questions about control, intimacy, and manufactured identity. It’s funny in a very dark way, but the humor is always sharpened by dread, and the movie keeps finding new ways to make its premise feel both timely and cruelly personal.
Worth noting: What gives it lift is the tonal balance: it has the pace of a thriller, the squirm factor of horror, and the gleeful snap of a revenge fantasy. It doesn’t just ask what happens when technology turns on us; it asks what happens when people already treat each other like products.
Bottom line: The result is less a pure shocker than a crowd-pleasing provocation. If you like your sci-fi with attitude, blood, and a clear sense of who deserves the comeuppance, this is an easy recommendation.
Top Letterboxd reviews:
- nolan: beep boop is an absolutely diabolical pet name
- Reyna Cervantes: I think men should be born into prison and have to earn their way out.
- theFilmTripper: terminator but for the girls and gays
- sim: IS IRIS A FUCKIN ANAGRAM FOR SIRI?
- 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙩: Insane cum-face jumpscare
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Topics: sci-fi horror, thriller, dark comedy, feminist revenge, tech paranoia, relationship drama, satire, violent, twisty, modern
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Companion (2025)
Movie · 2025 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 1h 37m · R · English
Curator score: 4.5/10 (1.7M ratings)
Find someone made just for you.
Overview During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.5/10
IMDb: 6.9/10
Letterboxd: 3.37/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 70
TMDB: 7.0/10
Production BoulderLight Pictures, New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, Subconscious, Domain Entertainment
Cast Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend, Jaboukie Young-White, Matthew J. McCarthy, Marc Menchaca, Woody Fu, Ashley Lambert
Curator Review
Verdict
A sharp, nasty sci-fi thriller with horror edges and a strong satirical streak. It plays like a relationship nightmare filtered through tech paranoia, with enough wit, violence, and social bite to make it stand out from standard AI-gone-wrong fare.
Best for
Viewers who like darkly funny genre movies
Fans of tech-paranoia thrillers
Audiences who enjoy feminist revenge stories
People looking for a brisk, twisty weekend-watch
Skip if
You want straightforward horror over satire
You dislike stories centered on toxic relationships
You prefer subtle, low-concept science fiction
You are tired of AI/robot rebellion plots
Overview
Companion is a sleek, mean little genre machine that uses a weekend-gone-bad setup to pry open questions about control, intimacy, and manufactured identity. It’s funny in a very dark way, but the humor is always sharpened by dread, and the movie keeps finding new ways to make its premise feel both timely and cruelly personal.
Worth noting
What gives it lift is the tonal balance: it has the pace of a thriller, the squirm factor of horror, and the gleeful snap of a revenge fantasy. It doesn’t just ask what happens when technology turns on us; it asks what happens when people already treat each other like products.
Bottom line
The result is less a pure shocker than a crowd-pleasing provocation. If you like your sci-fi with attitude, blood, and a clear sense of who deserves the comeuppance, this is an easy recommendation.
Top Letterboxd reviews
nolan (4.5★) · 59674 likes
beep boop is an absolutely diabolical pet name
Reyna Cervantes (4★) · 46989 likes
I think men should be born into prison and have to earn their way out.
theFilmTripper (5★) · 34100 likes
terminator but for the girls and gays
sim (4★) · 31182 likes
IS IRIS A FUCKIN ANAGRAM FOR SIRI?
𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙩 (3.5★) · 29185 likes
Insane cum-face jumpscare
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Topics
sci-fi horror, thriller, dark comedy, feminist revenge, tech paranoia, relationship drama, satire, violent, twisty, modern
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