‘It’s What’s Inside’ review: Hot Netflix movie is smart sci-fi that keeps you guessing
nypost.comRunning time: 103 minutes. Rated R (pervasive language, sexual content, drug use and some violent content). On Netflix.Think of “It’s What’s Inside,” the dark science-fiction comedy film on Netflix, as a Freakier Friday, with more swapped bodies, and with sex, drugs and a boatload of millennial anxiety.And the vibe is corrosive, not peppy.
Instead of warmly bringing the participants closer together, this human switcheroo shatters their lives.Writer-director Greg Jardin’s seductive — if occasionally difficult to follow — movie is a wicked spin on a familiar tale: a group of friends spending a dramatic drunken evening in a big, luxe house.The host is Reuben (Devon Terrell), a lovable extrovert who’s getting married in the morning and wants to enjoy his final night of freedom with his best friends.
So, he’s invited Cyrus (James Morosini) and Shelby (Brittany O’Grady), a sexless couple who have been trying to spice up their relationship, to his mansion, which is half castle, half Pompidou museum.
Also on the unlucky list is Nikki (Alycia Debnam-Carey), a vapid Instagram influencer; Dennis (Gavin Leatherwood), a man-child with parent money; Maya (Nina Bloomgarden), a free spirit who totes along sage to burn; and Brooke (Reina Hardesty), an artist.But the fete really gets raging when Forbes (David Thompson) arrives.
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