Thoroughbreds Movie Information

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Overall Rank: 3144

Average Rating: 2.9/4

# of Ratings: 20

Theatrical Release Date: 03/09/2018

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 06/05/2018

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Thriller

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Cory Finley

Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift, Kaili Vernoff

Plot: A pair of upper-class teenage girls rekindle a friendship that had grown apart years earlier. But the circumstances that bring them together involve their mutual disdain for their parents... and way to get rid of this problem by any means necessary. -- Chris Kavan

Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/11/2022

A film that flew completely under the radar as it was delayed years before its eventual release. It has compelling performances from Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy as well as the last film role for Anton Yelchin but despite the strong leads it always feels like it wants to lead to something more and leaves you hanging a bit. Still, for a dark thriller, it has plenty of good moments and is still worth a watch.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/10/2019

I wasn't always on the same wavelength as this teen dark-comedy, but when I happened to fall in sync with it, "Thoroghbreds" proved effective.

Mike A - wrote on 11/17/2018

As much as I love all of the performers involved -- including Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy and the late Anton Yelchin, who all deliver commendable work here -- Thoroughbreds left me rather underwhelmed. I always appreciate a dark comedy, but I found this film to be painfully one-note and rather uninteresting.

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ikkegoemikke - wrote on 10/05/2018

First it was borderline personality, then severe depression,
yesterday, she said it was antisocial with schizoid tendency.
She’s basically just flipping to random pages of the DSM-5and throwing medications at me.
But I have a perfectly healthy brain.
It just doesn’t contain feelings.

There are films that aren’t much of a story and still leave a certain impression. The same applies to “Thoroughbreds” where two teenage girls, each with a specific personality disorder, come up with a plan to kill someone. The two haven’t seen each other for a long time. An eternity in which much has changed. One grew up in a rich family while the other knew a past in which the killing of her own horse played an important role. But despite the contradictions, the old friendship bond is …