Companion
{4.5/5} “Yeah, it’s fake. Never happened. I just randomly picked it from a drop-down list of meet cutes.”
Companion, released in 2025
Josh and Iris are visiting friends at a secluded house. They have a fun evening, but in the morning a disaster happens. When Sergei, the owner of the house, tries to force himself on Iris she ends up killing him. Now Josh has to tell Iris the truth about herself — she’s a robot. At first she doesn’t believe him but he convinces her. She thought they met at a grocery store but that didn’t actually happen.
One surprising thing is revealed right away, but there are other surprises. The theme has been done before, in movies like Ex Machina, but it had enough twists and turns to keep me interested.
The scene with the police officer is delightful, at least the first part. There were a couple of gruesome parts I didn’t watch too closely.
Stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Rupert Friend, and Harvey Guillén. Directed by Drew Hancock (TV show The Mountain).
October 31st, 2025 at 4:37 pm
I watched this again — I just started watching it, and ended up watching it all the way through.