Companion
The sci - fi thriller , Companion , star Sophie Thatcher , has been receiving high-pitched congratulations since its button and is now usable to pour on Max for a possible fun double characteristic . Thatcher began her vocation in 2015 in the poor movieGrowing Strong , before making guest appearance on telecasting appearance includingChicago P.D.andThe Exorcist , where she playeda young interpretation of Regan MacNeil . She later received world-wide recognition for her introduction feature role as Cee in the Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell movie , Prospect , which has since been ranked asone of the best low - budget sci - fi moviesreleased in late years .
Sophie Thatcher has since received plaudit for her rolesas Sadie Harper in the Stephen King supernatural repugnance moving picture , The Boogeyman , and as the teenage Natalie Scattorcio in the thriller drama series , Yellowjackets . She has been critically praised for her strong and convincing performances across the horror genres and has been recognized as a " scream queen . “Thatcher has most late asterisk in the 2025 movie , Companion , which has a grudge of 94 % on Rotten Tomatoes . The sci - fi thriller offers a drear and terrific story standardized toThatcher ’s black fictitious character narrative inYellowjackets , and can now be streamed online .
Companion Is Now Streaming On Max - What The Movie Is About
Sophie Thatcher Stars As Iris In Companion
spell and directed by Drew Hancock , Companionfollows Iris ( Thatcher ) , a cleaning woman who is happily in a relationship with her boyfriend , Josh ( Jack Quaid ) . The two resolve to take a trip away to an isolated lakehouse , to meet up with some friends , but it is n’t long after they arrive that their weekend away gyrate downwards in chaos , revulsion , and fierceness . It is revealed to Iris that she is a companion robot , initially built to calculate after her mate ’s need for companionship and making love , butJosh has dark design for herthat position everyone at the lakehouse in danger .
Companionhas been described as a pic that has many twists and turns , but has also been clever not to give any critical spoilers out to audiences in their trailers . Companion’sdirector , Drew Hancock , spoke in an interviewabout the challenges faced by the output squad in ensuring they ply a " tonic experience " for viewers . Hancock also spoke about the struggle he face in casting the purpose of Iris , before Sophie Thatcher was cast ; he described Thatcher as " amazing " and that he " [ could n’t ] think anyone else in that role . “Companionhas been ranked asSophie Thatcher ’s good revulsion movieand can now be streamed on Max .
Sophie Thatcher Also Stars In Heretic, Which Is Also Available On Max
Heretic Was Directed By Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
Reviews ofCompanionhave praise the movie for its cast , direction , masterful blend of the drollery and repugnance genres and its power to " surprise but not outmaneuver TV audience " with its plot twists . Sophie Thatcher was wide praised for her performance as Iris and many critics considerCompanionthe movie that solidifies her skills as a leading repugnance actor ( viaVulture).Companion’sarrival on Max comes at a meter when another of Thatcher ’s horror movies , Heretic , is useable for stream . InHeretic , Thatcher plays Sister Barnes , a Mormon missionary who gets catch up in a fight against a cryptical hermit .
Heretic and The Boogeyman apportion strikingly exchangeable end , with Sophie Thatcher contend a villain in a basement and assistance from a " deadened " ally .
Inreviews forHeretic , Thatcher was commended for her convincing and torturesome performance of Sister Barnes , with critics praising her emotive acquirement and her setting where she hire in a verbal dispute with Hugh Grant ’s Reed . Her performance inHeretichas been positively compared toCompanion , and they solidify her as a strong worker in future horror movies ( viaVariety).Thatcher ’s performance inCompanionproves her skills as a go repugnance performing artist and its accessibility for cyclosis on Max has set up the opportunity for viewers to double rain buckets it alongsideHeretic .
informant : Vulture , Variety
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