"The Surfer" (2025) movie poster

The Surfer (Lorcan Finnegan, 2025)

in theater

Watched:

★★★★

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Do we have a word for this yet? “Stress horror”? “Anxiety thriller”? Plain old “Kafkaesque”?

A relentless, darkly funny, and mildly psychedelic nightmare of misfortune, anxiety, and regret. Part Beau Is Afraid, part The Big Lebowski.

Nic Cage is great, but he’s not remotely gratuitous. In fact, I could see someone else being cast in this role. But what comes out is a Nic Cage movie for sure.