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Synopsis

1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a "Rent-A-Pal" video tape and things change.

Cast

  • Wil Wheaton
  • Brian Landis Folkins
  • Kathleen Brady
  • Amy Rutledge
  • Adrian Egolf
  • Josh Staab
  • Luke Sorge
  • Olivia Hendrick

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Metacritic

88
Sep 11, 2020

For all the nostalgia that comes with seeing David pop in a VHS tape, the movie’s time period allows Stevenson to focus our attention on the horror emitting from just one screen.

Metacritic review by Nick Allen
Nick Allen
RogerEbert.com
70
Sep 11, 2020

What makes the film work as well as it does, at least up to a point, are the perfectly calibrated performances. Folkins is superb as the socially maladroit Andy, making his character sympathetic in his genuine satisfaction in being a caretaker despite the personal toll it enacts. And Wheaton, whose entire performance consists of sitting in a chair and talking directly to the camera, uses his innate likeability to at first disarming and then chillingly creepy effect.

Metacritic review by Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
The Hollywood Reporter
50
Sep 10, 2020

Eventually the movie paints itself into a corner then sinks into grisly sludge. Stevenson’s technical skill can’t save him from a trite worldview.

Metacritic review by Glenn Kenny
Glenn Kenny
The New York Times