The Layover is not a good movie. It’s often cringe-inducing, tonally confused, and populated by characters who seem to have wandered in from a much darker, more cynical film. And yet… I kind of admired its nihilistic guts.
Your next flight delay could always be worse. You could be these people. The Layover
★★½ (Two and a half stars: A glorious disaster that fails spectacularly on purpose. Maybe.) The Layover is not a good movie
Upton’s character literally roofies Daddario’s character. Daddario’s character fakes a miscarriage. By the midpoint, you’re not rooting for anyone to get the guy—you’re rooting for the guy to get on a plane and leave them both to their festering toxicity. That discomfort? That’s the film’s secret weapon. It’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for the People magazine crowd. Your next flight delay could always be worse