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Taylor Swift Is ‘Blown Away’ By Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice

Kravitz’s bestie loves the movie, but how are critics reacting to her directorial debut?

Here was Hollywood’s favorite affable himbo choosing to play a dangerous billionaire tech bro capable of entrapping young women, thus flipping his image as a sweet-natured golden retriever of a man, bolstered and refined by the Magic Mike films that positioned him as keenly interested in female pleasure. The film suggests that Frida’s unease comes from a cocktail of terrible societal truths: Her gender and occupation make her an easy target, Slater’s wealth and crew of yes-men protect him from taking full accountability for his flaws, and women have long been, in a twisted form of self-defense, conditioned to rationalize threatening behavior. “This modus operandi is one reason of many why Kravitz’s smart, savvy, white-knuckler of a thriller will likely get compared to Get Out, and while Jordan Peele’s instant classic has had an overwhelming influence on socially informed scary movies, it’s left a particularly profound imprint on this satirical, highly unsettling tale of “safe” spaces that are anything but.

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