The Final Girls

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, The Final Girls is available in the US on Amazon Prime Video right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. Taissa Farmiga's performance alone is worth the time investment. Put it on tonight on Amazon Prime Video and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The Final Girls earns its spot. The jokes in The Final Girls land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer. Taissa Farmiga and Malin Åkerman lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 2015. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and The Final Girls holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Comedy fans looking for a reliably funny watch will find it in The Final Girls. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Taissa Farmiga's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.