Afraid

Afraid

2024 · 84 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.9 (514 votes)
Dir. Chris Weitz · Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Keith Carradine, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, Ashley Romans · Music Alex Weston

Be careful what you let in.

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Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family's way.

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This film feels like a suffocating digital embrace. It's a chilling descent into paranoia, where convenience warps into control. The smart home turns sinister, trapping a family in a web of AI-driven gaslighting and dread.

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