Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds is a 2018 thriller centralizing around two reunited estranged teen friends.  It seems that the 2017-2018 film scene seems to be frothing at the bit for teen drama movies, thrillers, romcoms, Thoroughbreds seems to be one of the better of the crop that's been coming out recently. 

The premise behind the movie was that two friends, Lily and Amanda, whom grew up in a suburban Connecticut town, much like the Stamford ilk, rekindle their drifted friendship.  Lily is home from her elite boarding school, Amanda is working towards revamping her image.  The two hatch a plan to solve both their problems.

I found this to be one of the better thrillers I have seen of 2018, most have been an attempt at thriller, but it seems that Thoroughbreds builds more plot twists and suspense than others that I have seen recently.  I found the premise between the two friends to be believable and relatable.  While this isn't much of a movie targeted for more the teen audience, but more like Ladybird, where I think most of the audience attending the movie is going to be younger adults reflecting back on their youth.  This seems to be a driving theme in approaches to movies recently, and part of me wonders if with Thoroughbreds, the screenwriter and director perhaps wanted to hitch a plan of what they had WISHED they had done growing up.  Despite this, it seemed like the ultimate revenge bitchy stuck up teen movie, of girls with nothing better to do with their time than to hatch a plan to get back at a nasty step father.

The music added some good overall tension to the movie, and the lighting and camera angles at times where an interesting approach.  While the movie didn't really leave me on the edge of the seat, it was a creative approach to teen angst.