FreshIs Your Worst Dating Nightmare Brought to Gory Life

Fresh is a nearly two - time of day movie that does n’t let you in on its secret for almost a quarter of that time . It starts all quirky and nice with a young woman named Noa ( Daisy Edgar - Jones)navigating the world of innovative geological dating . She ’s on all the apps , meets guys who are real assholes , some of them send her unasked dick pics , it ’s not looking good . Then , just out at a storage , she meets Steve ( Sebastian Stan ) . Steve is comic , kind , and smart , and after a few dates he invite her to go on a trip . There are some red flags , but how bad could he really be ? “ Worse than you’re able to even imagine ” is the answer to that question . And that ’s when Fresh beget really , really , really fucked up .

In delay the truth of Fresh , manager Mimi Cave does her good to put the audience in Noa ’s shoes . She wants us to trust Steve . We want to commit Steve . We ’re all squad Noa . If Noa and Steve work out , it ’s a substantiation that storybook romanticism is still possible in this darkness , mess up creation . All of which makes the film ’s horrific reveal that much more shameful and impactful when it comes . It ’s such a big shift , in fact , that if you are n’t prepared for it , it might be too much for you .

I wo n’t botch up it , though you ’d probably guess if you had three chance . Let ’s just say that Fresh is not a romance . It ’s a full on revulsion film and a gory one at that . It shares more in mutual withEli Roth ’s Hostelthan almost any other flick we can think of , though there are elements of Get Out , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , and The quiet of the Lambs throughout . But the script by Lauryn Kahn uses all of those tropes to their advantage , playing with expectations and building anticipation . Some of it make up off as you ’d look , many things do not , but all of it tally up to frighten off us into believe this disgraceful story of a woman ’s worst dating incubus could be true . At clip it can be a little over the top , but Fresh is a film that is always pushing for maximum reaction , and it never compromise .

This is the only image available from the film and it does not tell the story. At all.

This is the only image available from the film and it does not tell the story. At all.Image: Legendary

Much of that is because of the performance by Edgar - Jones and Stan . Stan we all have it off . He ’s Bucky Barnes . The Winter Soldier . But that stoic mystery he bring to Marvel go out the door in Fresh , unveil a psychopathologic glee that ’s both disarming and delightfully repellant . Edgar - Jones , a relative newcomer , makes Noa into the girl anyone would get laid to be Friend with . Loyal , solid , cagey , all things that we see Steve falling for and which , ultimately , might be her means out of a very atrocious place . Together , the two of them have electric chemistry that tip between disturbing and delightful , adding stress and intrigue to every encounter .

Led by those two strong performances , a very tight hand by Kahn , and Cave ’s dynamical centering , Fresh is horror done mighty . It ’s got a content , it do it with precision , and it will gross out you out on a number of level .

refreshed had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival . No Word of God on a discharge date .

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