FILM
MAGPIE
★★★
OUT NOW / CERT 15 / 90 MINS
DIRECTOR
Sam Yates
CAST
Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz, Hiba Ahmed
Producing and starring in this thriller based on her own story idea, Daisy Ridley shines as Anette, a young mother who’s left holding the baby, literally, while writer hubby Ben (Shazad Latif) chaperones their other daughter, Matilda (Hiba Ahmed), on a movie set. Bored, isolated Anette feels unseen, and she’s not wrong — Ben only has eyes for Matilda’s famous co-star, Alicia (Matilda Lutz). Theatre director Sam Yates’ screen debut unfurls a slow-burn tale of adultery, gaslighting and rising righteous fury, as Anette finally decides she’s had it with accommodating this man-child with a man-bun. While it stays a little too cool and calculated to truly ruffle viewers’ psychic feathers, the third act is nicely unhinged.