‘Unfriended’: Can I un-pay the money I spent to watch this? (Review)
Written by: Lois Kennedy Directed by: Levan Gabriadze Cast: Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson On the anniversary of their friend Laura’s suicide, five pals are having a Skype conversation (which is how the entire movie is filmed—on Skype). A stranger joins them, claiming to be Laura. Laura blames them for her death because following the posting of an embarrassing YouTube video, they contributed to the comments section that advised her to kill herself. Laura starts picking them off one by one. The survivors are taunted and forced to play a cruel game in which they have to reveal terrible secrets about themselves. And then are killed some more. I saw this movie in the theatre and shortly after wrote a rough draft of this review. Then I totally forgot about it. Which goes to show how un-remarkable the movie is. Which isn’t to say I didn’t enjoy the experience; I saw it with my good friend Senta, and we had a total blast—making fun of it. We cracked jokes pretty much the whole damn movie. As I whispered to Senta, “There is nothing scary about a ghost who makes memes.” Just the memory of said meme, which shows a picture of one of … Continue reading ‘Unfriended’: Can I un-pay the money I spent to watch this? (Review)
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