Thursday, March 13, 2025

Goodnight Light (2023)

Twelve year old Emma is put in an asylum after stabbing her mother to death. Nine years later she’s still locked up and won’t talk to the psychiatrist.

Next thing you know it’s present day with a group of college students who go to a cabin for the weekend.  Lexi is so unlikeable you’ll wonder why anyone would want to be friends with her or date her.  She’s condescending, makes fun of her friends, constantly complains, is ungrateful, and super high maintenance.  As a teenager, you can get stuck with crappy friends, but screw that once you’re an adult.

That night around the campfire they play Never Have I Ever around the campfire and someone says murdered someone. When Lexi passes, one of the girls tells her she kind of did. Lexi insists they all did. But the others say it was all on Lexi, who convinced Emma that if she performed a ritual and killed her mother, she’d get her dad back.  Lexi counters Emma was stupid to do it. Later that night they pull out an Ouija board and things take a turn for the worse.

The flashbacks are confusing as it’s not clear which character is which. I thought one girl said something about Carmen, but then later Lexi addressed that girl as Carmen.  They’re a bunch of mean girls who targeted a girl whose dad died.  Then Lexi grew up, changed her ways and become a wonderful person… no, of course not. Lexi learned nothing and is still a piece of crap.

Ridiculously painful dialogue

You’re up, sexy Lexi.
Why don’t you ever call me things like that?
Because nothing good rhymes with Carmen.
What about charmin’ the pants off Carmen?

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