Spoilers think phones should be off at dinner.

Sometimes we all just want a silly and preposterous movie to watch. I wasn’t expecting much going in, but I did end up having fun. How much is thrill and how much is anxiety might be up to the viewer though. This is another one where the trailer gives most of it away. When thrillers have a premise full of twists and turns, selling them to the audience is either a tightrope between giving too little or too much. Avoid the trailer all together if you can.

(Credit: Blumhouse Productions)

Drop (2025) is directed by Christopher Landon and written by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach. Violet (Meghann Fahy) is a survivor of an abusive relationship along with her young son Toby (Jacob Robinson). After a long time, she’s finally trying to start dating again. One night, she leaves Toby in the care of her sister Jen (Violett Beane) and goes out on her first date with longtime online match Henry (Brandon Sklenar). What could go wrong. Wait, is that your phone buzzing?

Let’s start by saying this is going to ramp up from slow burn thriller into silly over-the-top action flick before we can look at the dessert menu. Meghann Fahy is definitely the one doing most of the work as she starts getting weird texts with more and more threatening messages. What’s more her home security cameras are literally showing something is going on at her home. Whoever it is, it’s someone in this restaurant.

It sort of works if you can get over the texts that show up on the screen. There’s this current trend of putting displaying texts on the actual feature which I wouldn’t mind so much if they were not intrusive as hell. This movie takes it to a new record by using large fonts, completely taking me out of movie immersion. Movies have been able to just print out a second string of subtitles without taking so much real state. Other than that, the film is fine with decent performances from most of the cast. The camera angles are often imaginative with some working better than others.

Highly recommended with popcorn and mostly just one reservation. The less intrusive the filmmakers could’ve made that overlay text on the screen, the more I’d be able to suspend my sense of disbelief. Meghann Fahy delivers a rather strong performance that keeps the film above average. All in all, a fun subversion of a rom-com into an action thriller. It’s more silly fun than smart, so please make sure you have your popcorn by your side. Worth a watch.

That will do for now.