Magpie

I kind of liked this film. Daisy Ridley of Star Wars fame stars as Annette, the wronged neglected wife of emerging author Ben. They have it all with a great house in the London suburbs and a newborn. Their other child is six. Matilda (Tilly) is costarring in a Victorian drama with Alicia. The film opens with her successful audition. Annette takes the newborn to a job interview, as her old boss wants her back at the publishing house. But the baby makes such a commotion that the scene is a disaster. So she's stuck home while hubby takes Tilly to set each day. Of course he and the leading lady, Tilly's stage stepmom, strike up an affair. It's a very devious, sinister triangle. Mom goes to great lengths to suss it all out. There's so much cell phone usage in the film it should have been done as an Apple+ film. I loved Ridley in Woman of the Sea. This is totally different. Like her less here. Now she uses her native British accent. Matilda Lutz is glamorous and sexy as Alicia. Shazad Latif is fine as the two timing villain. It's an okay way to spend ninety minutes, but not at all a film to seek out. Ridley and the writer are married, which was never mentioned at the Q&A both attended, so it was basically a package deal.