Blink Twice Review

So I saw Blink Twice last night, and here are my thoughts…

Blink Twice tells the story of Frida, a waitress who sparks a seeming romance with a tech billionaire (played by Channing Tatum) and is whisked away to a private island… But once they’re, things start to get trippy and scary.

It’s well directed with interesting artsy shots. Zoë Kravitz has a very laid-back and almost bohemian way of directing, while also feeling fast and stylized. 

The editing, while it takes a minute for you to adjust to its style, is interesting and sort of puts you in the perspective of the main character. 

It has a good mix of horror and comedy (although towards the end, it bites off a bit more than I think it can chew and starts to lose some of that balance) 

A great cast who all give good performances (the standouts being Channing, Tatum, and Adria Arjona), and while not all the deepest characters, they do have enough personality, and the cast brings a lot of charisma that you enjoy them.

I appreciate it when someone can combine horror and comedy, and while it doesn’t always stick to the landing, I would say most of the time it does, so that was something that really appealed to me and I appreciated it.

While some of the themes and ideas are presented a little too blunt parts (like a literal smack over the head levels), and there are a couple of “girl boss” lines that feel like we’re supposed to be fist pump moments for the audience, but I felt a little out of place, but it is an interesting concept. 

The middle of the film does get a little meandering, but given what’s going on in the plot that could be intentional, I’m not saying that excuse it, but it could be a creative choice. 

The beginning of the film has a trigger warning, which I don’t know if it is necessarily needed and it kind of spoils the twist of the movie, which isn’t that big of a twist because I feel like you can kind of get it from the trailers but that’s up to the viewer

The climax felt a bit different from what I was expecting. Not necessarily that bad, but definitely different from where I thought everything was going, mostly tonally, but given the rest of the film it could be seen as in tone. I appreciate Zoë Kravitz, taking big swings, but they don’t always hit.

They never really go into much detail about the twist, like you know what’s going on, but you never get the origin of it. You don’t necessarily need it, but it might leave you with some questions, it also is one of the things that sometimes when you explain a twist, it gets more confusing, so maybe them not explaining it might make it better… It’s one of the things that it’s up to the viewer to decide

I am gonna be honest, I really did not like the last scene, at all. I don’t get it, it was very unnecessary, and given what is going on with this movie it just leaves your head scratching going… “what? Why?”

There’s more to like about this movie than dislike, it’s a good directorial debut and it definitely makes me interested in seeing Zoë Kravitz's next flick, but there are areas I encourage her to grow in and develop more

I give it somewhere between a low four stars in a high three stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ or ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ but those are just my thoughts, I’d love to hear yours, and remember to form your own opinion.