Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Ryan McDonald, Robert Mailett, Amanda Brugel, Isaiah Rockcliffe, James McDougall | Written by Nick Morris, Ruckus Skye, Lane Skye | Directed by Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
[Note: With the film finally releasing on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Becky from last year]
Co-directing duo Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion return for Becky, a smartly conceived home invasion thriller that plays like a twisted coming-of-age movie.
Rising star Lulu Wilson plays 13 year old Becky, who’s recently lost her mother to cancer and is horrified when her father Jeff (Joel McHale) tricks her into spending the weekend at their remote lakeside summer house with his new fiancée Kayla (Amanda Brugel) and her young son (Isaiah Rockcliffe). However, she barely has time to throw a strop before escaped convict Dominick (Kevin James) arrives with three henchmen in tow and begins torturing her father, demanding to know the whereabouts of a key.
When the convicts realise that Becky is hiding somewhere in the woods,...
[Note: With the film finally releasing on DVD, here’s a reposting of our review of Becky from last year]
Co-directing duo Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion return for Becky, a smartly conceived home invasion thriller that plays like a twisted coming-of-age movie.
Rising star Lulu Wilson plays 13 year old Becky, who’s recently lost her mother to cancer and is horrified when her father Jeff (Joel McHale) tricks her into spending the weekend at their remote lakeside summer house with his new fiancée Kayla (Amanda Brugel) and her young son (Isaiah Rockcliffe). However, she barely has time to throw a strop before escaped convict Dominick (Kevin James) arrives with three henchmen in tow and begins torturing her father, demanding to know the whereabouts of a key.
When the convicts realise that Becky is hiding somewhere in the woods,...
- 1/11/2021
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Becky Review — Becky (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Jonathan Millot and Cary Murnion, written by Nick Morris, and Ruckus Skye, and stars Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Amanda Brugel, Robert Maillet, Joel McHale, Gage Graham-Arbuthnot, John D. Hickman, Mike Dara, James McDougall, Chandra Michaels, Isaiah Rockcliffe, and Andrew Siwik. In this video review, I talk about [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Becky (2020): Stay Spoiler-Free and You’ll Love Jonathan Millot & Cary Murnion’s Film...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Becky (2020): Stay Spoiler-Free and You’ll Love Jonathan Millot & Cary Murnion’s Film...
- 12/3/2020
- by Andrew Toy
- Film-Book
Horror movies can easily get lost going down a path of just being a gore-fest or just being one big metaphor. The most successful efforts in the genre manage to do more than one thing, or at least aren’t completely simple to pin down. Jay Baruchel’s second outing behind the camera, the horror flick Random Acts of Violence, manages to do this with aplomb. Not only is it gnarly and gory, it’s peddling a message, one rooted in the creative process. Almost a decade after he first began to try to bring this story to the screen, it’s now coming out on Shudder and is well worth your time. For Baruchel, as well as fans of the genre, it’s worth the wait. The film is a horror outing, one that seeks to ponder what the real life consequences can be when life imitates art. Here,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
For this review round-up installment, this writer is diving into a pair of films that celebrate two fearsome females in very unique ways: Becky from directing duo Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott, and Josephine Decker’s Shirley, which pulls back the curtain on the life of acclaimed writer Shirley Jackson. These films couldn’t be any more different from each other, and I highly recommend seeking out both of them just as soon as you can.
Becky: 13-year-old Becky (Lulu Wilson) is having a rough time lately. Her mom has passed away recently after battling a terminal illness, and her dad, Jeff (Joel McHale), has seemingly moved on with the well-meaning Kayla (Amanda Brugel), who is anxious to connect with the troubled teen, along with her adorably precocious son Ty (Isaiah Rockcliffe). Everyone heads out to the family lake house for a relaxing getaway, but a group of neo-Nazis (led...
Becky: 13-year-old Becky (Lulu Wilson) is having a rough time lately. Her mom has passed away recently after battling a terminal illness, and her dad, Jeff (Joel McHale), has seemingly moved on with the well-meaning Kayla (Amanda Brugel), who is anxious to connect with the troubled teen, along with her adorably precocious son Ty (Isaiah Rockcliffe). Everyone heads out to the family lake house for a relaxing getaway, but a group of neo-Nazis (led...
- 6/9/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Stars: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale, Ryan McDonald, Robert Mailett, Amanda Brugel, Isaiah Rockcliffe, James McDougall | Written by Nick Morris, Ruckus Skye, Lane Skye | Directed by Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
Co-directing duo Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion return for Becky, a smartly conceived home invasion thriller that plays like a twisted coming-of-age movie.
Rising star Lulu Wilson plays 13 year old Becky, who’s recently lost her mother to cancer and is horrified when her father Jeff (Joel McHale) tricks her into spending the weekend at their remote lakeside summer house with his new fiancée Kayla (Amanda Brugel) and her young son (Isaiah Rockcliffe). However, she barely has time to throw a strop before escaped convict Dominick (Kevin James) arrives with three henchmen in tow and begins torturing her father, demanding to know the whereabouts of a key.
When the convicts realise that Becky is hiding somewhere in the woods,...
Co-directing duo Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion return for Becky, a smartly conceived home invasion thriller that plays like a twisted coming-of-age movie.
Rising star Lulu Wilson plays 13 year old Becky, who’s recently lost her mother to cancer and is horrified when her father Jeff (Joel McHale) tricks her into spending the weekend at their remote lakeside summer house with his new fiancée Kayla (Amanda Brugel) and her young son (Isaiah Rockcliffe). However, she barely has time to throw a strop before escaped convict Dominick (Kevin James) arrives with three henchmen in tow and begins torturing her father, demanding to know the whereabouts of a key.
When the convicts realise that Becky is hiding somewhere in the woods,...
- 6/9/2020
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
There should be special place in movie hell for lazy filmmakers who get off showing adults terrorizing children and animals. Is there an easier or cheaper way to jolt an audience? That’s a rhetorical question. Becky, available on demand and at a drive-in near you starting June 5th, is too mindless and meh to get Child Protective Services and the Aspca all up in a twist. But
The gifted child actor Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation) is saddled with the role of Becky Hooper, a 13-year-old mass of throbbing resentment...
The gifted child actor Lulu Wilson (Annabelle: Creation) is saddled with the role of Becky Hooper, a 13-year-old mass of throbbing resentment...
- 6/5/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Comedians going dark can sometimes lead to a real cinematic discovery. They don’t even need to necessarily go dark, but to show another side of themselves is often a joy to witness. Look no further than Adam Sandler’s revelatory turn last year in Uncut Gems, continuing what he’s been able to show in work like Punch Drunk Love. Now, Sandler’s pal Kevin James takes a crack at it in the thriller Becky, a gory gender swapped take on material covered far lighter in Home Alone. James is certainly chillingly evil here, but the mean streak, especially in relation to dogs, found here ends up soiling the picture. The movie is a thriller, beginning with some father/daughter drama. Becky (Lulu Wilson) is headed to her family’s lake house with her father Jeff (Joel McHale) and their two dogs, sometime after her mother/his wife has passed away.
- 6/4/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Thirteen can be a petulant age, but hell hath no fury like the pubescent heroine of “Becky,” who has the ill luck to confront a gang of escaped cons — though that’s definitely worse luck for them, as it turns out. Offering fairly brutal action on the verge of black comedy, this indie thriller from the directorial duo of Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott is lean, mean, nasty fun that will appeal to genre fans with hard-edged tastes. It may be less appealing to surprised fans of comedian Kevin James, who’s a long way from “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” as the sadistic chief villain here. Selected for Tribeca this year, the feature is instead going straight to digital and on demand (plus available theatrical venues) on June 5.
Her mother having died a year ago, Lulu Wilson’s titular teen is still grieving in her particular way, which mostly means...
Her mother having died a year ago, Lulu Wilson’s titular teen is still grieving in her particular way, which mostly means...
- 6/2/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, Becky features Lulu Wilson, a youth who spends the weekend with her father Jeff (Joel McHale), his fiancee Kayla (Amanda Brugel) and her son Ty (Isaiah Rockcliffe).
Dominick (Kevin James) is the leader of a group of convicts who take the family hostage as they are searching for a [...]
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Dominick (Kevin James) is the leader of a group of convicts who take the family hostage as they are searching for a [...]
The post Kevin James Shaves Head And Ventures Down A Darker Path With ‘Becky’ appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.
- 6/1/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
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