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The Girlfriend

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• 2025

• Thriller
• Drama

• 15

Summary

In this psychological thriller, Laura (Robin Wright) has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her prized son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry (Olivia Cooke), a girlfriend who changes everything. Laura's convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.

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Jack Seale

Former House of Cards star Robin Wright stars in and directs this wonderfully overcooked psychological thriller, which sees her go toe-to-toe with Olivia Cooke in a clash for the ages.

Wright is Laura, gallery owner and resident of a plush London mansion, whose relationship with her son Danny (Laurie Davidson) seems a little too close, so she’s not keen when he becomes besotted with confident, sexy Cherry (Cooke). Is this interloper who she says she is? Probably not, but perhaps she’s not the only one.

A canny use of Rashomon-style perspectives, showing us the same action again from another character’s point of view, adds to an intoxicating cocktail of a drama.

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7.1/10

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rolenameDirectorRobin WrightDirectorAndrea Harkin

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