Thoroughbreds SPOILER-FREE Review
Run Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes
Rating: R
Directed by: Cory Finley
Starring: Anya-Taylor Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin
It was June 19, 2016 when Anton Yelchin passed away. I remember that being such a sad day for the film community. Yelchin was so young and had so much promise as an actor. Plus, his death was a freak accident, which made it all the more tragic. It was sad to lose such a budding talent, and Thoroughbreds is his last performance on screen. The film follows Anya Taylor-Joy (Split) and Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), who play two teenagers who form an unlikely friendship after having grown apart. They work together to solve both of their problems, which ends up going to some extreme lengths. I tried to stay away from the trailers, so I didn't know too much about the story going on. I love all the actors in it, and I was looking forward to seeing what they would turn in. Thoroughbreds is a solid movie with great performances, though it is a little bit too slow at times for my liking.


Overall, Thoroughbreds gives us a great final performance from the late Anton Yelchin. He steals the show, and gives one of the performances I've seen from him. Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke have great chemistry on screen, and reaffirm just how talented they really are. With the performances and the writing, Corey Finley does a spectacular job. However, where he falters is with the pacing, which is my main issue with the movie. It takes too long to get to where it's going, and as a result the climax of the film does not feel as rewarding as it should feel. Every scene in the movie is necessary, and it isn't that they needed to cut specific scenes out. Rather, the pace of the film needed to be faster to keep me engaged. Anton Yelchin's character also drops out of the third act, which comes across as unnecessary. It seems like it took more work to explain why he wasn't in the third act than it would have taken to simply include him. And, considering Yelchin is my favorite part of the movie, I would have liked to have seen him present. In the end, Thoroughbreds is a great send-off for Anton Yelchin, but its slow pace holds it back from being a fantastic movie.
3.4/5
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Written by: Nathanael Molnár
Written by: Nathanael Molnár
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