The Wasp

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The Wasp

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Released Aug 30, 2024

1h 36m

Mystery & Thriller

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Heather and Carla agree to meet after having not spoken in years. Over tea, Heather presents a very unexpected proposition that will change their lives forever.

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Elevated beyond its stagy trappings by Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer's cunning performances, The Wasp draws blood with minimal irritation.

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

The script is an airtight lair.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 2, 2024

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Ross McIndoe

Slant Magazine

For better and worse, you can tell that The Wasp was initially written for the stage.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 2, 2024

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Murtada Elfadl

Variety

Morales wisely relies on his two lead actors to bring taut vitality to the proceedings. However, as he keeps putting in many circular scenes that don’t differ much from each other, the intensity of their performances starts to feel inconsistent.

Aug 31, 2024

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Murjani Rawls

Substream Magazine

To its credit, The Wasp uses that simplification to its advantage and shows the film has much more to offer.

Sep 25, 2024

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Sumner Forbes

Film Threat

The sundry plot twists are forced, and eventually we mourn the fact that The Wasp ends up in a bizarre perversion of what it was initially set it up to be.

Rated: 5/10

Sep 19, 2024

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Cinencuentro

A pleasant surprise; a British thriller (by a Spanish director) that I knew little or nothing about, but that I ended up loving thanks to its efficient script, excellent acting, constant surprises, and intriguing themes. Full review in Spanish.

Rated: 4.5/5

Sep 4, 2024

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Brian

Blew my mind! No notes, please go in completely blind!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Dan N

Excellent film! New faces, Brit film, great performances. Great plot twists I never saw coming! Highly recommended!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/03/24

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Calvin B

WASP WAS GREAT. It had an amazing Plot with a twist that showed vengeance hurt despair and anger. Naomi Harris was off the chain with her acting. Dormer played a great supporting actress as well!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Kyle

Underrated flick. Didn’t see much advertising if any but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. No really dull spots or lagging. Nice build and good tie together for everything as it moves along.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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K C

Great movie and great acting!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Jeffrey P

After an hour of back & forth dialogue and childhood flashbacks, and not much else, it finally goes in the expected direction which is about the only direction it could go at that point. While it does get darker than expected in a manner that is less expected, it’s not shocking in 2025. Ultimately, I’m giving it a thumb’s up. While not a shining example of originality and creativity, the leads carry an otherwise boring build until it’s able to put enough of a twist on things to finish in a somewhat surprising manner. Weird title.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/20/25

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Synopsis

Heather and Carla agree to meet after having not spoken in years. Over tea, Heather presents a very unexpected proposition that will change their lives forever.

Director: Guillem Morales
Producer: Maxime Cottray, Nate Bolotin, Sean Sorensen, Matthew B. Schmidt, Leonora Darby, James Harris
Screenwriter: Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co: Tea Shop Productions, XYZ Films, Paradise City Films, Royal Viking Entertainment, IPR.VC
Rating: R (Some Violence|Sexual Assault|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 36m

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