# Companion (2025 Movie)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 22, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359 "2025-04-22T10:45:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359/1 "2025-04-22T10:45:35Z")

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I had heard vaguely good things about this movie that came out earlier this year and noticed it was on Max so I watched. It was good. It stars Jack Quaid and is about a weekend he and his girlfriend spend with a group of his friends. To say more would give too much away.

If you watch, try to avoid the Max description of the movie because it gives things away you aren’t supposed to know until like a third of the way in. Anyone else see it?

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**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359/2 "2025-04-22T12:10:24Z")

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I saw it a few months ago in a theater - the poster out front gave away quite a bit but that didn’t really dampen my enjoyment. Very clever and wry, and if you aren’t bothered by murder mysteries this one travels some fresh territory.

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**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359/3 "2025-04-22T12:11:32Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> If you watch, try to avoid the Max description of the movie because it gives things away you aren’t supposed to know until like a third of the way in. Anyone else see it?

If you want to be completely unspoiled, forget the description, don’t watch the trailer..

My comments from January (suitably spoiled per the OP):

> [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/1348):
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> I saw it over the weekend. I enjoyed the ride. Sort of an _Ex Machina_ crossed with _Ready or Not_. Plot holes the size the size of the Grand Canyon, though, so if you are the type that is bothered by such things, stay away.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359/4 "2025-04-22T13:08:15Z")

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I thought it was OK, but not great.

I was disappointed, as I was with Novocatine, another Jack Quaid 2025 movie.

This hasn’t been a great early year for me with movies, to be honest. I have yet to rate a movie very high.