My Review of Drop (2025)

 

Written by Jillian Jacobs And Chris Roach

Directed by Christopher Landon

Violet: "Yahtzee."

I kind of get the feeling that an opportunity was missed with this movie not being dropped on Valentine's Day. Not that director Christopher Landon had to worry as he had Heart Eyes in theatres at that time. 

However while the former skewered for a younger audience, Drop definitely felt like it was made for an older one in mind. Who knew that first dates could be so nerve wrecking? This movie certainly tested that for our protagonist, therapist Violet Gates (Meghann Fahy).

Following the death of her abusive husband, Violet's not only been helping other women overcome their own abuse but she'd also agreed to go on a date with photographer, Henry Campbell (Brandon Sklenar) at a nice restaurant. What should've been a nice date turned into a living nightmare and memes are to blame.

Throughout the date when Violet wasn't trying to get to know Henry and making small talk with an overenthusiastic waiter named Matt (Jeffrey Self), she kept getting memes. Ones that were annoying and then ones that threatened to kill her sister, Jen (Violett Beans) and son, Toby (Jacob Robinson) if she didn't agree to kill Henry.

Playing into Hitchcock mode, there was some fun in watching Violet navigate her date with Henry, follow instructions while also trying out who wanted poor Henry dead. It turns out it wasn't the lounge singer, Phil (Ed Weeks) but it definitely was the seemingly inconspicuous looking Richard (Reed Diamond). The latter certainly dropped his harmless act when it was revealed why he wanted Henry dead.

Anyways the last few minutes played out in a rather fun OTT with Richard getting a very appropriate demise and Violet channelling her inner action hero to save her family. Oh and she managed to score a second date with Henry to boot.

- There's a nice supporting role from Gabrielle Ryan Spring as Cara, who tried to look out for Violet in the movie.

- The title did refer to digi-drops, which Henry was more familiar with than Violet.

- Standout music: I didn't expect a piano version of Baby Shark but we got it here.

- Chronology: Current day Chicago, though the movie itself was shot in Ireland.

Drop made for a decent thriller with a good lead performance from Meghann Fahy and support from both Brandon Sklenar and Reed Diamond. It's suitably tense, had the right amount of ridiculous moments and a nice lovely story bubbling amid the chaos.

Rating: 7 out of 10