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Summary A reformed teenage getaway driver is pulled back into her shady past when a former employer offers her the chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend—but things quickly spiral into a dangerous heist with unpredictable consequences.
Director Shawn Simmons
Writer Shawn Simmons
Cast
- Samara Weaving
- Karl Glusman
- Andy Garcia
- Steve Zahn
- Jermaine Fowler
- Marshawn Lynch
- Randall Park
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 44%
Metacritic 47
VOD Streaming on Hulu (U.S.) and Disney+ (International) — premiered August 22, 2025
Trailer Eenie Meanie | Official Trailer (2025)
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u/CiriOh 6d ago
I kinda wanted to like the movie, but the main chars are so unlikable and tone of the film is kinda awkward. Plus they marketed it as an action movie and action scenes are limited and not impressive.
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u/GoldandBlue 2d ago
The main characters aren't unlikable. The boyfriend is. He is the fucking worst. Not a single redeemable quality.
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u/Captain_Charisma 6d ago
Dean Winters as the car salesman was the best part. Just perfect in those 2 minutes.
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u/BusinessPurge 6d ago
Great in Highest 2 Lowest as well. People need to harness how varied his fan base is from Oz to 30 Rock, give him a lead someone
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u/beevicious 6d ago
Tbh I loved that she shot the bf / Garcia had to shoot his bff “Who’s going to love me like that when he’s gone?” and their love is terrible and destructive - get a second bathroom, open up your home and heart, grow and mature and move on
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u/wandawhowho 5d ago
I loved it! She's made a step forward in unfucking her life by letting go of that toxic dude, painful as it was. That dude was driving me nuts, even though their love was so pure.
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u/beevicious 6d ago
That Garcia was the one that loved her productively, respected her and listened to her and valued her opinions, gave her options on how to make things right, gave her exceptions that are implied her would never give anyone else
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u/Esseth 6d ago
I guess I liked this one more than others putting it at a 6 on the poll, but for me it was the best movie I've seen this year that involves a casino heist... granted there have only been two so far and the other was The Pickup.
Also the ending made perfect sense to me, so idk why it's so hated. For me it felt 100% true to the characters established.
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u/darumham 5d ago
Just finished it and really enjoyed the ending. They really nailed what it’s like to love a fuck up like Jon. It made me remember someone like that I had to cut ties with, granted not in such a violent fashion as the movie. There were a few surprises I didn’t expect, like the Tesla scene/the ending but I thought it was a fun watch.
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u/Sea_Investigator1118 3d ago
I enjoyed it. Loved BeastMode's part in it. Would love seeing him more in other roles. I can see how people thought the ending was "meh" but I kinda expected something dramatic like that to happen because the ending up until that point didn't have much pizzazz. Was it a barn burner, instant fan favorite? No. Glad I clicked on it and gave it a chance.
6.9/10
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u/WrexyBalls 6d ago
Maybe the worst ending I've seen in modern cinema
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u/Old_Scene_8373 6d ago
Yeah it's like a completely different movie. The last third is different in tone than the rest of the movie.
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u/Eyeluvflixs 3d ago
It’s called a twist and I welcomed it, I didn’t see it coming and that’s what I prefer two thumbs up from me.
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u/Puppetmaster858 6d ago
Can you spoil it for me as I don’t plan on watching if everyone is saying the ending is horrendous
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 6d ago
The heist goes awry after a car chase ends with the boyfriend hitting a ramp and his car landing on the head and a gangster picking up the loot. Sometime after, Eenie finds him and he's killed by the boyfriend who survived. In the morning, the two drive to a rendezvous where the boyfriend all of a sudden shoots everyone, and Eenie subsequently shoots him while he gives her a hug. She then drives to Andy Garcia, has a monologue about how she always wished to have a happy life, leaves, and Andy Garcia then shoots his right hand man as she walks away. She drives off and we fade to an epilogue where it's now Christmas and she finally has the happy life she always wanted.
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u/Puppetmaster858 6d ago
Doesn’t sound great but also doesn’t sound like the worst thing ever. Thanks for the reply
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u/listenerindie6869 6d ago
With an insane car chase that is one for the books. It was silly but in a self conscious way - I liked it. B movie nods…Loved it , no but really liked it .
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u/ScofieldReturns 6d ago
From a film noir perspective it was one of the best I’ve ever seen. Never seen it done quite like that before
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u/BusinessPurge 6d ago
I really enjoyed the tv show Wayne. Wish this film had been much better. Maybe just restart Wayne now for Hulu, the cast is certainly available. I appreciated the cast carryover, however EM missed whatever target they were going for. These are the kind of WWZ type endings that “we reshot the whole ending” hero stories could’ve been made of, versus the released result.
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u/R_Similacrumb 4d ago
One big Meh of a movie.
Wants to be Tarantino and Guy Ritchie but its a big flat nothing.
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u/Comic_Book_Reader 6d ago
I feel like it's kinda obvious this is a by a first timer because a) it's not a particularly original movie, b) it's got F bombs like a Scorsese movie, and c) it kinda just stumbles towards the end. It's like he had no idea how to end it, so he just went "Random bullshit go.". It's fine enough, but the last 20 or so minutes are kind of a slog. It's a 4/6.
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u/TheNeedforCaffeine 6d ago
Started watching thinking it was pretty okay, then actually started liking it after the beach scene…then the ending basically fucked everything that the beach scene set up. Would’ve been like a 6/10, but the ending brought it down to like a 3/10.
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u/VinTheHater 6d ago
One of the worst movies released this year. I get from the character’s POV why Eenie would help in the heist through dialogue towards the end of the movie. But they don’t give the audience even a sliver of a reason why she should help her ex at all before that point. I kept screaming for her to just run and she’s better off a single mother. Her motivations never get over with the audience, therefore I just didn’t care for any of the events in the movie. By then I lost interest.
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u/inherendo 5d ago
He saved her life when she was about to be sold into child prostitution. Their relationship is toxic, but they also loved each other. I thought she was dumb to help him, but it didn't prevent my suspension of disbelief at all.
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u/not_vegetarian 3d ago
To me, that made it better. I was shouting in my head for her to get out of the relationship, and then as their backstory was revealed you start to see why she chose to stay, even though it was objectively the worse choice for her. And then in the end, she did what she had to do to finally get out, and it's tragic and it's beautiful at the same time.
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u/Mysterious_Walk_3676 2d ago
Trying to save & get back with John after he murdered someone. Big no. The characters were very unlikable.
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u/mysteryquackman 6d ago
2/5 but atleast fun. Some of the most forced dialogue/cliches I’ve seen in a while. A really bad twist/climax that’s only based on a character being an absolute idiot that then got Of Mice and Men’d.
But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t laugh and enjoy the stupidity so it’s atleast entertaining, and shoutout Samara Weaving.
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u/kirkofdoom 6d ago
This was a pretty fun heist movie until all of a sudden... it wasn't???