Blink Twice
Directed by Zoe Kravitz
Written by Zoe Kravitz, E.T Feigenbaum
Starring Naomie Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Adria Arjona
Release Date August 23rd, 2024
Published August 26th, 2024
Blink Twice stars Naomie Ackie as Frida, a young waitress who dreams of escaping the lowest rung of the economic ladder. She longs for the lives that she sees on Instagram, specifically the one lived by tech billionaire Slater King, played by Channing Tatum. King is first glimpsed as Frida is doom scrolling through social media. He’s apologizing for some unknown scandal and has vowed to step down as CEO and enter therapy to become a better person. This is enough to keep Frida’s fantasy about Slater King alive.
Frida has actually met Slater before, the previous year, when she waited tables at his corporate party. She made an impression on him and she hopes that he will remember her at this year’s big corporate party. Whether he remembers her or not is mentioned in their meeting this time but it doesn’t matter, Slater is taken with Frida and decides on a whim to invite her and her best friend and fellow waitress, Jess (Alia Shawkat), to a party on his private island. The only rule is no phones. Other than that, everything goes on the debauched island paradise.
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