I have the boobs, I bring the booze, and I review shit.
How this review series works: This series is unlike any you’ve read before. At the end of each review, I give a rating in the form of wine bottles. The number of bottles will depend on how many I had to drain to get through the series or movie on a scale of 1 to 5 bottles. Thus, like in golf, the lower the number of bottles, the better the show or movie. The greater the number of bottles, the more I had to suffer through it, chugging my way along. There will be no spoilers in these reviews, just an opinionated asshole with an unhealthy fascination for wine letting you know if you should dedicate your time to whatever I’m reviewing.
Let’s get started!
What I watched: Blink Twice
Movie or series: Movie
Where to find it: Prime Video
Length of movie: 1h 42m
Wine type: White
Wine brand: Bota Box Pinot Grigio – yes, a box of wine. Don’t @ me it’s more affordable. <$20
Blink Twice released in theatres on August 23, 2024, and recently was released on online streaming via Amazon’s Prime Video on January 21, 2025. I sat down to watch it immediately. It is Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut, and I remember the trailer being intriguing because it was a “what is happening, here” kind of trailer. But not in an annoying way. It gave you just enough to pique your interest.
So, what is happening here? Well, I will say, I’m not going to give spoilers because I think it is best viewed without knowing much. Go in with the knowledge that the cast is phenomenal and it’s going to get weird. But not a bad weird.
The cast is headlined by Channing Tatum, a tech billionaire named Slater King (gag) who has had to formally and officially apologize for his behavior and seek therapy for the unknown things he has done before the film began. Naomi Ackie is absolutely brilliant as the cocktail waitress serving the crowd at Slater King’s tech fundraising gala. The scene is set with two different lives and lifestyles crashing into one room. We have Frida (Ackie) and her roommate/best friend Jess (Alia Shawkat) serving champagne to the rich and famous, under the scrutinizing eyes of a boss who requests they don’t actually talk to the guests.
In a somewhat unrealistic turn of events that would really only happen in movies, Frida and Jess change out of their waitressing attire, don sexy gowns, and attend the after party. Frida runs (almost physically) into Slater King which was her entire reasoning for getting dolled up and going to the party anyway. You know the *un*realistic aspect of crushes on celebrities. She had that.
After an Austin Powers-esque montage of partying with all of Slater King’s crew, including wives and girlfriends of the other men in his posse, Frida and Jess get invited to King’s private island via private jet… and away we go on an adventure!
*Disclaimer: please do not board a stranger’s jet with strange men after drinking a lot of champagne. Make better choices, Sarah!
I won’t go too much farther into the rest of the film because, as I said earlier, it’s best to go in with little knowledge of the actual plot. I will leave you with this:
The #1 Reason To Watch This Movie:
You get to watch a different movie for the first 45 minutes of your re-watch. I’ll explain. You watch it the first time with a normal viewer perspective, putting your mind on the places the film points you towards. I loved it so much I had my husband watch it the night after I had. On the re-watch, knowing what I now knew, I watched a completely different film from a completely different character’s perspective, within the same film. It was an incredible experience that I’ve never felt in that specific way before.
All this to say? Highly Recommend.
2/5 Bottles
Only because it’s heavy and I needed some help to get through it!
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