Movie · 2025 · Action, Comedy, Crime · 1h 46m · R · English
Curator score: 1.1/10 (38.1K ratings)
He's her biggest blind spot.
Overview
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.1/10
IMDb: 5.9/10
Letterboxd: 2.75/5
Metacritic: 47
TMDB: 6.3/10
Director
Shawn Simmons
Production
20th Century Studios, Reese Wernick Productions
Cast
Samara Weaving, Karl Glusman, Andy Garcia, Steve Zahn, Jermaine Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Randall Park, Mike O'Malley, Elle Graham, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Chris Bauer, Chelsey Crisp, Phuong Kubacki, Rob Grant, Davis Aguila, Jon Elliott, Sarah Alaina, Tim Neff, Nicolas Bosc, Anjanette Hall
Where to watch
Hulu
Curator Review
Verdict
A slick, lightweight crime caper with enough momentum, car-chase energy, and star charisma to stay watchable, but it seems to lean heavily on familiar getaway-driver tropes without fully freshening them up. The appeal is mostly in the lead performance and the glossy action-comedy surface rather than the writing.
Best for
fans of fast, stylish crime comedies
viewers who like charismatic antiheroes
people looking for an easygoing action movie with chase scenes
audiences drawn to Samara Weaving’s screen presence
Skip if
you want a truly original crime thriller
you’re tired of Baby Driver-style comparisons
you need sharp dialogue or deep character work
you dislike uneven comedy mixed with violence
Overview
Eenie Meanie plays like a neon-lit crime diversion built around speed, attitude, and a lead who can carry a scene even when the script is coasting. The premise is simple and efficient: a former getaway driver gets pulled back into the life, and the movie mostly knows to keep moving before you can ask too many questions.
Worth noting
The strongest selling point is the central performance, which gives the film its bite and personality. The action is described as slick and well-choreographed, and the tone seems to sit somewhere between breezy caper and blood-spattered chaos, with the humor landing more often through energy than through writing.
Bottom line
Still, the response suggests a familiar shape underneath the polish. If you’re looking for a fresh twist on the criminal-underworld road movie, this may feel derivative; if you just want a fast, glossy, star-driven crime romp, it should do the job well enough.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Joe A (2.5★) · 1006 likes
Its kind of like if Baby Driver was a lot worse but at least this one has Samara Weaving who prevents it from completely falling apart.
cob (4★) · 812 likes
we have a new addition to the samara weaving covered in blood cinematic universe
Yashley (3★) · 708 likes
Basically Baby Driver, except I couldn’t stop staring at Samara Weaving
elio 🎧 (2.5★) · 454 likes
baby driver for the girls
aurora ꨄ (3★) · 348 likes
i'm obsessed with samara weaving's y2k christina augilera hair