Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A soon-to-be bride on her way to a wedding rehearsal is having second thoughts and decides to take a detour. Her car breaks down and a hitch-hiker offers help. Could it be fate?
Curve is a competent but derivative survival thriller that leans heavily on well-worn genre tropes: the isolated protagonist, the psychopathic stranger, and the claustrophobic single-location tension (trapped in a crashed car). The plot offers little beyond its high-concept premise and struggles to sustain momentum over its runtime. Acting is serviceable, with Julianne Hough holding the screen reasonably well in a physically demanding role. Cinematography captures the cramped, uncomfortable setting adequately but nothing memorable. The novelty is limited — the trapped-in-a-vehicle conceit echoes films like Buried or Frozen without adding much new. The ending feels rushed and unsatisfying, failing to capitalize on the tension built earlier.