Tape (2020 film)

Tape is a 2020 American thriller drama film written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Tarek Bishara and Annarosa Mudd.

Plot
A male director interviews a vulnerable young actress and seems to offer her help to get ahead in the industry, but his motivation is far from altruistic.

Cast

 * Isabelle Fuhrman as Pearl
 * Annarosa Mudd as Rosa Terrano
 * Tarek Bishara as Lux St. Seguin
 * Allison Wynn as Lizabeth
 * Isabella Pisacane as Jessica Ardizzone
 * Alexanna Brier as Chrissy
 * Lolly Jensen as Lauren
 * Sophia Adleras Faye Moro
 * Kana Hatakayama as Daisy

Production
In March 2018, it was announced that Fuhrman was cast as the lead in the film.

Release
The film was given a virtual theatrical release on March 26, 2020 and debuted via streaming on Amazon Prime on April 10, 2020.

Reception
The film has a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars. Joe Friar of The Victoria Advocate awarded the film three stars. Alex Saveliev of Film Threat rated the film a 3 out of 10. Kate Erbland of IndieWire graded the film a C.

Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Yet even as the film feels up-to-the-minute, it’s been made with a certain threadbare, streets-of-New-York punk feminist mythologizing that may remind you, at times, of the films of Beth B."

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "A hard-hitting psychological drama about an actress who surreptitiously monitors her former assailant and his current prospective victim, Tape benefits from its well-executed thriller mechanics and terrific performances by its three leads."

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Tape, in short, is a terrible movie about appalling behavior."

Kimber Meyers of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But while Tape is admirable in its aims to frankly explore what happens behind closed doors, it’s less laudable in its execution."