Pretty Thing

Name: Pretty Thing
Genre: Thriller
Released: July 4, 2025
Duration: 96 min

2025

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Shout! Studios | Release Date (Streaming): July 4, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Sophie (Alicia Silverstone) is a partner at a pharmaceuticals marketing company. Beautiful, confident and nearing 50, she's never been married, no kids, and she likes it that way. Sophie meets Elliot (Karl Glusman), an unassuming but handsome younger man with whom she quickly strikes up a torrid, sexually-charged relationship. On theirSophie (Alicia Silverstone) is a partner at a pharmaceuticals marketing company. Beautiful, confident and nearing 50, she's never been married, no kids, and she likes it that way. Sophie meets Elliot (Karl Glusman), an unassuming but handsome younger man with whom she quickly strikes up a torrid, sexually-charged relationship. On their second date, she whisks him off to Paris for her lavish work trip. But the moment Elliot expresses interest in turning this fling into something serious, Sophie breaks things off and her seemingly sweet young beau starts to unravel. Their whirlwind romance turns dark as he starts stalking her at work and threatening her at home. Elliot has become a dangerous and unpredictable force and Sophie will be pushed to do whatever it takes to stop him.… Expand

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Dennis Harvey

Jul 3, 2025

Donnelly seems reluctant to embrace melodrama at the same time that he fails to provide the psychological detailing needed to elevate this story above stock genre expectations. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Monica Castillo

Jul 4, 2025

We could all use a little distraction these days, and there are worse ways to spend the time than in the company of an engrossing erotic thriller. Unfortunately, “Pretty Thing” isn’t one of them. Between stilted conversations, murky cinematography, and the story’s intimate partner violence, the film is distracting in an unpleasant way. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Jul 8, 2025

Even when compared to the recent underwhelming crop of erotic thrillers, topped by the enjoyably escalating silliness of Deep Water, Pretty Thing is especially chaste, abstaining from both sexual titillation and the campy fallout that results from making a series of decisions driven solely by libido. Read full review

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