Companion (2025)

Jack and I both liked a lot this story of a weekend getaway with millennial friends. I was uncomfortable in the first act until the big reveal and then we settled in for some sci-fi mayhem. Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher star as Josh and Iris, with support from Lukas Gage, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend as Sergey. You may learn elsewhere about the big reveal but I'm not saying.

Director/writer Drew Hancock keeps it moving, with an exciting score by Hrishikesh Hirway, available on Apple Music.

Quaid was last blogged for Logan Lucky and Friend for At Eternity's Gate. I haven't seen Yellowjackets nor any of her other work so Thatcher is new to me. Gage has dozens of credits but is best known to me for season 1 of The White Lotus, Guillén didn't look familiar despite nearly 100 roles. This is Hancock's feature directing and writing debut after doing some of both for TV and Hirway has scored two other features.

Rotten Tomatoes' critics are good buddies with a 93% average, as are its audiences at 88. We streamed it on Prime with our subscription on November 12. It's also on HBO/Max for subscribers and for rent elsewhere for less than $4.