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Borderline

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COCAINE BEAR writer Jimmy Warden makes his twisted directorial debut in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that follows a dangerously persistent stalker (SMILE 2's Ray Nicholson) who invades the home of a '90s pop superstar (READY OR NOT's Samara Weaving) with grand delusions of a wedding. With her life on the line and help from her loyal bodyguard, she must escape the stalker's sinister grip before they tie the knot.
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Elevated by Samara Weaving and Ray Nicholson's performances to a point, this fun-enough romp eventually finds itself on the Borderline.

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Amy Nicholson FilmWeek (LAist) [Jimmy Warden] can come up with a hook, but the movie itself is pretty underwhelming. May 13, 2025 Full Review Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Despite two talented leads, the loose, fictionalized remix of a true stalker case struggles to strike a coherent balance between comedy and horror, landing instead on a repellent, vapid anti-love letter to ’90s Los Angeles. Rated: 2/5 Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Clint Worthington RogerEbert.com The breathless pace, and all these jagged tonal asides, can leave you feeling more than a little disoriented, especially as they drag Warden further from the toxic romance that’s supposed to undergird “Borderline”‘s central story. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Billie Anderson MovieJawn Borderline had the pieces for something sharp, unsettling, even memorable. Instead, it’s messy, meandering, and undercooked, wasting strong performances and stylish design on a script that refuses to get out of its own way. Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Matt Pais MattPais.com Like Paul, “Borderline” is too amused with itself and almost entirely wrong about what’s being accomplished. Rated: C- Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Ben Miller InSession Film Dark comedies about serious subjects are always a tough sell, and Borderline does a poor job of attempting to sell any aspect of this narrative. Rated: C- Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Wiigy A must-see. A hoot and holler with thrills, chills, laugh, the whole kit and caboodle. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review miguel a A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles. Pros: Dark comedy stalker/home in asion movie. Samara Weaving is great as always. Really fun performance from Ray Nicholson who chews up every scene he is in. Surprise performance goes out to Alba Baptista who is hilarious. Funny dark humor and surprisingly violent. The third act had me rolling. Cons: Takes a little too long to get going. Nothing really new done here. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/15/25 Full Review Monsieur F What a disappointment. Good over-acting by Ryan Nicholson, Samara Weaving was better in „Ready or Not“ or „Azrael“. Here, she has not that much to do. The movie has some heavy issues concerning the script and the storytelling: The script starts with a lie and Ryan Nicholson as the first person narrator. The lie tricks the viewer and the first person narrative is never again important for the movie. Emotions are shown through the overuse of playing songs, meaning, the narrative is not confident in its script and storytelling. It has to use this trick in filmmaking showing that the direction is not good. So it’s more of style over substance thing for the first time director. The script takes decissions for a black comedy but the ideas don‘t really take off. And: Borderline has nothing to do with hallucinations, so the title of the movie makes no sense. At the end this movie is like an overlong music video. Ryan Nicholson is rememberable, the movie unfortunately forgettable after watching. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Julian S. Mostly a mess, yet moments of brilliance sneak through. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/25 Full Review Marc Z. I never heard of this movie; however, when I saw the people who created Cocaine Bear were involved I knew it would be good. That is an exceptional movie. This movie has some insane moments. The performances of Samatha Weaving and Eric Dane are great. The performance of Ray Nicholson is exceptional. He is the embodiment of a young Jack. His performance is an amalgamation of Jack Nicholson in The Shining and Robert DeNiro’s Rupert Pupkin from the King of Comedy. The film has many throughout-lines from The King of Comedy. It is crazy and fun despite its dark premise and underpinnings. I recommend it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/31/25 Full Review Christina M Intriguing from the beginning. It takes a brilliant mind to come up with jsut the right about of weird, horror, and comedy, I didn’t know whether to laugh or be appalled or cry - it was amazing, And although it was called Borderline - ppl keep getting mad bc the “disorder” isn’t portrayed correctly. It states in the description he is a sociopath….. Stop taking things so seriously. Let movies be movies- this world is getting insane- we don’t have to constantly worry about offending everyone. LAUGH. And take the stick out your ass for a second. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/31/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis COCAINE BEAR writer Jimmy Warden makes his twisted directorial debut in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that follows a dangerously persistent stalker (SMILE 2's Ray Nicholson) who invades the home of a '90s pop superstar (READY OR NOT's Samara Weaving) with grand delusions of a wedding. With her life on the line and help from her loyal bodyguard, she must escape the stalker's sinister grip before they tie the knot.
Director
Jimmy Warden
Producer
Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, Hadeel Reda, Brian Duffield
Screenwriter
Jimmy Warden
Distributor
Magnet Releasing
Production Co
LuckyChap Entertainment, Red A Entertainment, Jurassic Party, Jason Waterfalls
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 14, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 14, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.5K
Runtime
1h 34m
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