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‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: Roleplay Games Spiral Out of Control In an Increasingly Hysterical Horror Comedy
Greg Jardin's 'It's What's Inside' extracts every twist possible from its high-concept premise, maybe at the expense of deeper psychological rewards.
Among the guests are blonde glamazon Nikki (Alycia Debnam-Carey), who has built a vast online following as an influencer who mixes earnestly right-on activism with her acai-bowl snaps, and onetime golden boy Dennis (Gavin Leatherwood), now a tattooed try-hard who doesn’t do much of anything. Brooke (Reina Hardesty) and Maya (Nina Bloomgarden) are also in the mix, albeit somewhat anonymously, but conversation swirls around an eighth, unconfirmed invitee: Forbes (David Thompson), a gawky misfit whom no one has seen since he dropped out of college in controversial circumstances, though rumor has it he’s remade himself as some manner of Silicon Valley mogul. The results are coldly diverting, with the plot continually ratcheting itself into higher degrees of panic and surprise, though potential for a darker, harder psychological payoff is missed — largely because these characters are so thin, it’s hard to care much for their vulnerabilities or to keep track of their evolving personae.
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