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On 2/16/2025 4:28 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> 
> The plot points alternate between absurd and impossible but the leads are
> likable and their short distance love story is fun to watch. It was a
> worthwhile waste of time.

I thought it was better than Netflix's usual (and I'm crediting the 
director, Scott Derrickson, for that).  Fwiw, the fact that it ticks a 
half-dozen genre-boxes, while living in none, is part of its charm.