<em>Thoroughbreds</em> Isn't Quite a New Teen Classic
Cory Finley’s slick, but shallow debut film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke as two friends who hatch a murder plot.
The world ofconsists of anonymous suburban mansions in Connecticut: spacious, immaculately designed, eerily empty, surrounded on all sides by acres of well-manicured grounds. Cory Finley’s debut film, a stylish, gripping yarn about two teenage girls who hatch a murder plot, wants the viewer to consider the environment around them. For all the fancy trimmings, it’s an entirely loveless place. So it’s no surprise that when Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) encounter a dilemma,
