Release date: March 28, 2025 (USA)
Director: Alex Scharfman
Producers: Jenna Ortega, Alex Scharfman, Jacob Epstein · See more
Distributed by: A24
Edited by: Ron Dulin
Music by: Dan Romer; Giosuè Greco
Finally our last “Review” this evening with our triple decker “Review” coming to a close. Wish this wasn’t so but brace yourselves for this one.
From the studio and creators that brought us the greatest movie of 2023. My favorite title that year. Brings us Death of a Unicorn. Maybe it’s the lack of connection for the family daddy daughter intro. Maybe the fact they showed us the ending scene in the poster which feels oddly familiar…Cap4? Or the fact I had so many actors in this title that I usually enjoy. Just not hitting with me. Or simple the fact it was a 40minute tale drawn out for almost 2 hours when I’d rather watch a better executed title on Max called Common Side Effects that tells this story vastly superior.
After hitting a Unicorn while on a business trip Jenna Ortega’s character Ridley is a deep connection with it when touching it’s horn before her father Elliot played by Paul Rudd smashes its head in ending it.
Not sure where the Wednesday Ortega was or the Ant Man 1 Rudd was but their performances this time round were rather weak. Best character and actor in this title for me personally was Griff played by Anthony Carrigan.
I could go on about this feature but from the trailer you can piece together this film. Unicorn Revenge with some family drama. Maybe you can stretch it to a deeper meaning with why I connect it with Common Side Effects but just checkout that series over this film. Then watch this and tell me what you think.
My worst movie of 2025 thus far. I enjoyed Snow White more than this. Ash had a solid last 40minutes compared to anything in here. Cap 4 at least had a good story device within the marketing spoils. So with that going joint 3/10 with Cap 4. Death of a Unicorn is going in at my streaming “Review” score. Not worthy of the big screen over other recent films like Last Breath, Magazine Dreams, and the plethora of solid good 7 tier range films that have released the past month.
Looking at other platforms it’s pretty across the board mid 55%-57%.
With that, wraps our third title “Review” for this evening.
Appreciate you coming by Popped for your movie “Reviews” and love to hear your thoughts in the comments. Was I wildly off compared to your experience? Did you have an answer for our horror studio? I’m personally placing Neon & Blum House fighting it out. A24 is so hit and miss with massive misses recently that 3rd place has yet to hit the wells flooring.
That wraps up March for movies and leads us to the first title in April – Minecraft. Expect some Popped Dates soon with community discussions on various topics. Also Anime “Reviews” to come soon also as we wind down March.
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