Imagine this: you finally say yes to a date after who-knows-how-long off the apps. You’re nervous. You’ve got the hair just right. The outfit is solid. Then mid-appetizer, a meme pops up on your phone. Not just any meme…a creepy, threatening meme from a mysterious app demanding you kill your date… or else.
Welcome to Drop. Where dating isn’t just emotionally dangerous, it’s literally life or death.
Directed by Christopher Landon (yes, the guy who gave us Happy Death Day and Freaky), Drop keeps things simple. One location, one night, one increasingly high-stakes dinner. Meghann Fahy stars as Violet, a widowed mom dipping her toes back into the dating pool. Her date, played by a man whose patience deserves its own Oscar, is just trying to enjoy a nice meal without becoming an entrée himself.
The film is basically a psychological pressure cooker dressed up as a fancy Chicago restaurant. And it works. Tight shots, slow builds, and the anxiety of waiting for your food while debating murder? It’s a vibe.
What sets Drop apart is how it sprinkles in humor without ever losing the tension. The use of memes throughout the movie is surprisingly brilliant. They’re funny in that “oh no, should I be laughing?” way. They also give the villain, whoever is behind this unhinged communication, a twisted sense of personality. Like, it’s menacing, but also… slightly petty? We love a chaotic digital antagonist.
Speaking of love, can we talk about Violet’s date for a second? The man sat there while she got increasingly frazzled, clearly dealing with something, and he just sipped his wine like, “Yeah, I’ll see where this goes.” King behavior. This man watched a woman spiral into near-homicidal panic and still didn’t leave. Incredible.
But the real scene-stealers? The tertiary characters. There’s a waiter who drops a one-liner about Allison Janney’s hat being afraid of heights, and I swear I’m still thinking about it. He delivers it like he’s been waiting his whole career for this moment. It’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it bit, but if you caught it, you know the power that joke holds. Honestly, give that man a spinoff. I need to know how the hat story ends.
Meghann Fahy holds the whole thing together with a performance that’s equal parts frantic, funny, and fierce. You believe she’s grieving. You believe she’s trying to hold it together for her kid. And when the threat level goes full “choose violence,” you also believe she might actually do it.
The story isn’t perfect. Some of the plot threads are a little loose. But honestly, you won’t care that much. Because the pacing is sharp, the dialogue snaps, and the whole experience feels like riding a rollercoaster in formalwear.
In the end, Drop isn’t trying to reinvent the thriller genre. It just wants to entertain you, stress you out a little, and make you wonder if you should delete that dating app. (You should.)
Watch it with friends. Or your date. Just maybe keep the phones face down.
OUR RATING
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