Written And Directed by Jimmy Warden
Sofia: "We're getting married?"
Paul: "What, are you having second thoughts?"
If you ever wanted a film like Misery but almost in reverse and without someone getting their legs smashed, then I think we've got a contender her with Borderline (2025). Yup, it's the ordinary guy obsessed with the famous woman.
The ordinary guy also being something of an obsessive lunatic named Paul (Ray Nicholson) and the fixation being on a pop singer named Sofia (Samara Weaving). It's also Paul who's something of an unreliable narrator for most of the movie, which didn't tell the story in order.
We did start off with Paul showing up at Sofia's mansion to propose, only for Sofia's bodyguard Bell (Eric Dane) to get stabbed. Don't worry about Bell too much, the guy's impossible to kill and this movie tried to but failed in that regard. Saying that, even Bell's daughter had to tell him to change jobs.
Anyways getting back to tie movie, Sofia found herself teaming up with fellow musician, Rhodes (Jimmie Fails) and it was obvious they were hooking up as well. However she didn't expect Paul to show up with an entourage in order to get married. I'm more shocked he though baby blue was the best colour for a wedding dress.
As Paul prepared himself to be a pop star's husband, his PA Penny (Alba Baptista) was too busy getting into a scrap with Sofia and being set alight. There's also a strange plot where the delusional Paul mistook Rhodes for Sofia and Rhodes literally had to go through with marrying Paul at the selected venue.
The rest of the movie then was about taking out Paul's right hand man and getting Paul taken away by the cops. There's a moment towards the end that felt like blatant homage/rip off to Pearl (2022) but it managed to work.
- Samara Weaving's husband, Jimmy Warden wrote and directed this movie.
- There's a nice character bit about Sofia doing puzzles with her grieving bodyguard.
- Standout music: The Cardigans Love/Fool not to mention, Sofia and Penny's version of It's All Coming Back To Me Now.
- Chronology: The movie had a 1990s Los Angeles setting. At one point, Sofia was compared to Madonna.
Borderline might have a bit of thin plot and it certainly relied on the comedy elements and lead performances but I enjoyed this. Ray Nicholson in particular was absolutely brilliant throughout this movie.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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