2025
Anniversary
Thriller, Drama
7.0
User Score
92 Votes
Status
Released
Language
en
Budget
$0
Production
Lionsgate, Fifth Season, Nick Wechsler Productions, Chockstone Pictures, Churchill Films, Metropolitan Pictures
Overview
When Ellen and Paul’s son Josh introduces his new girlfriend at their 25th anniversary party, no one suspects that it is the beginning of the end for this happy family. The new girlfriend is Liz, Ellen’s former student, who left the university, some years before, after Ellen called her out in class for her radical ideology.
Review
msbreviews
7.0
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"Anniversary is an engaging, high-voltage thriller that explores the gradually shocking transformation of a happy family into a destructive and self-destructive force, all due to socio-political ideologies.
With a luxury cast delivering memorable performances, Jan Komasa gives us a narrative that subverts expectations with genuinely powerful twists and an atmosphere of growing discomfort that lingers long after the credits roll. It's a story meant to be debated, analyzed, and one that forces us to confront how fragile our collective is.
It's a call for reflection: in the end, what defines who we are isn't the flag we wave, but the line we draw between our convictions and respect for human dignity."
Rating: B+
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