PREVIEW: Luckiest Girl Alive (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Finn Wittrock (The Big Short), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Jennifer Beals (Flashdance), Connie Britton (Professor Marston and the Wonder Women), Chiara Aurelia (We Are Your Friends), Thomas Barbusca (Searching), Justine Lupe (Frances Ha), Dalmar Abuzeid (Pompeii), Carson MacCormac (Shazam!), Alexandra Beaton (Single All the Way), Nicole Huff (Level 16), Alex Barone (The Serpent’s Tongue)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mike Barker (Butterfly on a Wheel), director; Jessica Knoll (film debut), writer; Erik Feig (Step Up), Lucy Kitada (Unpregnant), Mila Kunis (The Angriest Man in Brooklyn), Bruna Papandrea (The Nightingale) and Jeanne Snow (The Dry), producers; Linda Perry (Citizen Penn), composer; Colin Watkinson (Off the Rails), cinematographer; Nancy Richardson (Selena), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ani Fanelli (Kunis) is a successful editor at a glossy woman’s magazine, with a luxurious wedding on the horizon. However, when she is approached to participate in a documentary about a shocking incident she experienced at her high school, Ani is forced to confront her dark past that is threatening to unravel her seemingly perfect life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Mila Kunis leads, and co-produces, this intriguing mystery thriller based on the bestselling novel by Jessica Knoll, who also provides the screenplay for a story that’s already being compared to the likes of Gone Girl.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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