Review of Death of Me (2020) by Bestcritic88 — 04 Oct 2020

I read a bunch of reviews for this, seem to be more positive than negative contrary to what I'm seeing here so I went in with high expectations. I watched this film on Friday night and it's been marinating since then and I do believe this is one of my favorite films of the year.

It seemed like a tense ride at first but there are things that just stick with you, images, performances, story points. This movie really grows on you and now I find myself needing to watch it again to appreciate all the twists and turns.

I think some of this comes from it not being what I expected. I read a lot of comparisons to "Midsommer" and this one cut to the chase right off the bat. Just dove right in and was nonstop tension.

Maggie Q of course delivered but what look like local actors - there was such personality and authenticity rather than a bunch of people that "looked like actors". Then the was the story. Some have said a bit predictable at times, but there were some great twists and turns.

Overall, do yourself a favor and watch this, preferably with some friends because there's a lot to discuss and unwrap after.