I should have trusted my instincts when my initial reaction to the Drop trailer months earlier was no because after hitting play to give it a chance, I had to stop thirty-five minutes in.

Directed by Christopher Landon, Meghann Fahy plays a widowed mother who gets anonymously threatened with messages while on a first date, and so begins the search for the perpetrator. 

My appreciation for Fahy’s work since The White Lotus season two is why I started watching Drop. Thankfully, her performance isn’t the reason I stopped. I lost patience with the premise and the game. I became bored with the setting. I may be in denial, but I also couldn’t suspend my disbelief that someone would play such a game to the extent they did. 

Instead of fully quitting, I skipped a chunk of the film and moved to the last 25 minutes, which, it turns out, was watchable.

If you’re curious enough, give Drop a chance. My favourite thing about it is the waiter, played very well by Jeffrey Self. 

Happy Film Loving, 

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