# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8520
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/8520 "2024-01-24T10:15:06Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > **Significant Other** (2022, Paramount+) The Blurb: SIGNIFICANT OTHER follows a young couple, Harry (Jake Lacy, “White Lotus”) and Ruth (Maika Monroe, “It Follows”), who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone. > > I would ruin it if I said anything so I won’t. In the vein of a thriller/mystery you could do far worse and I think it\s undervalued by Rotten Tomatoes fans and critics who only gave it 70% each. > > Good ‘date night flick’, B+ I agree with this. It’s not great but not bad, either – a fine little scifi/horror thriller. Its rating on RT of 70% with a lot of “fresh” accolades is not too far off the mark. I almost didn’t watch it because although I don’t consider critics’ ratings to be the final word on anything, its rating of 5.7 on IMDb seemed like a red flag, though IMO I now think this is much too low. One thing that struck me while watching was the quality of the cinematography. The scenic setting probably helped, but although the technical credits reference digital post-production, I suspect the entire process was digital right from the original photography. That and the competent acting helped to elevate this relatively low-budget production into something reasonably worthwhile, even if there is sometimes a bit of silliness in the writing… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906)._