The Movie

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The Movie

2022

1h 25m

Comedy

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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5 Reviews

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Former child star Janet Gillespie is home alone one night when the doorbell rings and Walter, a delivery boy, shows up with a big package on a dolly. He recognizes her. Takes a selfie with her. Tells her he wrote a screenplay for her and even has it with him. Soon, Janet's bound to the dolly and Walter's shooting his movie right then and there in her house. Of course, Walter is no delivery boy at all. He's a renegade filmmaker doing whatever it takes to get his movie in the can, which just so happens to be the worst movie of all time, Water Under the Fridge. Walter thinks it's only compelling if it's real, so he makes Janet experience the things her character is experiencing for real. There's an onscreen kiss, a love scene, even a death scene, and Janet's gotta do it all... with or without consent.

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Film Threat

The Movie does have one of the best performances by an actress showing the world what real agony looks like.

Rated: 6.5/10

Oct 3, 2022

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Andy Klein

FilmWeek (LAist)

The film is nasty and sadistic... And I don't see the aesthetic pleasure.

Sep 10, 2022

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

Films set around two characters can be hard to pull off, and writer/director Michael Mandell almost succeeds... The big problem is that rather than going on a humorous trajectory, it descends into a rather nasty, uncomfortable direction.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 9, 2022

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

The first movie from Michael Mandell comes across as something close to torture porn and completely misses the mark if it was meant to have some subtext

Sep 9, 2022

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

Definitely not for everyone. The movie deals with some serious issues and in doing so, gets very uncomfortable.

Sep 7, 2022

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Luca M

Bro I fuking loved this movie mate. Luchuchius can vouch fr fr no cap.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Former child star Janet Gillespie is home alone one night when the doorbell rings and Walter, a delivery boy, shows up with a big package on a dolly. He recognizes her. Takes a selfie with her. Tells her he wrote a screenplay for her and even has it with him. Soon, Janet's bound to the dolly and Walter's shooting his movie right then and there in her house. Of course, Walter is no delivery boy at all. He's a renegade filmmaker doing whatever it takes to get his movie in the can, which just so happens to be the worst movie of all time, Water Under the Fridge. Walter thinks it's only compelling if it's real, so he makes Janet experience the things her character is experiencing for real. There's an onscreen kiss, a love scene, even a death scene, and Janet's gotta do it all... with or without consent.

Director: Michael Mandell
Screenwriter: Michael Mandell, Michael Mandell
Production Co: Dr. Snaxxx
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2022
Runtime: 1h 25m

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