Strictly Confidential (2024 film)

Strictly Confidential is a 2024 American thriller film written and directed by Damian Hurley in his directorial debut and starring Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, Genevieve Gaunt, Pear Chiravara, Llyrio Boateng, and Max Parker. The film was released in the United States on April 5, 2024 to generally negative critic reviews.

Plot
Mia is haunted by the suicide of her best friend, Rebecca. A year on from Rebecca’s death, Mia accepts an invitation from Rebecca’s family to their home in the Caribbean, where her college friends are assembling to commemorate Rebecca on the anniversary of her death. Once on the island, Mia is plagued by suspicions that there’s more to Rebecca’s death than meets the eye; gradually, she learns that both Rebecca’s family and each of the guests are harbouring deadly secrets, all with direct ties to Rebecca. Mia delves into Rebecca’s past, desperate to uncover what really happened that fateful day last summer. As more deceptions come to light, Mia finds herself drawn into a world of sex, duplicity and betrayal. Despite the dangers that lurk at every corner, Mia is relentless, determined to uncover the truth... but at what cost? Are some secrets meant to stay buried?

Cast

 * Elizabeth Hurley as Lily
 * Georgia Lock as Mia
 * Lauren McQueen as Rebecca
 * Freddie Thorp as James
 * Genevieve Gaunt as Jemma
 * Pear Chiravara as Natasha
 * Llyrio Boateng as Sebastian
 * Max Parker as Will

Production
MSR Media produced the film. Production for the film began in late 2022 in Saint Kitts and Nevis  and ended in December of the same year. On February 28, 2024, Lionsgate released the trailer for Strictly Confidential.

Release
Strictly Confidential was released in the United States on April 5, 2024, with a limited theatrical release and on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube and Fandango at Home.

Critical response
On aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 10% approval rating based on five critical reviews and a critic score rating of 2.8/10 on IMDb. According to a review by Mike McGranaghan of Aisle Seat; "Strictly Confidential has a screenplay that sounds like it was written by an AI program that was taught every cheesy, straight-to-cable erotic thriller from the early '90s." Avi Offer of NYC Movie Guru states; "A clunky, convoluted and preposterous mess with enough unintentional laughs to make it a guilty pleasure. Strictly Confidential is like an erotic version of Knives Out without the comedy, suspense or Benoit Blanc." Stephen Holland of Screen Rant; "First-time director Damian Hurley delivers a disappointing erotic thriller full of predictable twists, an illogical plot, and stilted scenes." Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com; "Hurley doesn't push the picture's sauciness and he's mostly fatigued when it comes to blowing minds, but Strictly Confidential does have the novelty of a son exploiting the sex appeal of his mom for the benefit of an otherwise uninteresting whodunit."