Netflix Recommendations 2.0 *READ FIRST POST*

CAM is worth 90ish minutes of your time. I was apprehensive going in given the sleazy subject matter was rife for exploitation. But while it certainly doesn’t back off some of the more explicit material (albeit *relatively* tastefully, given how it could have gone) I think it mostly achieves a fine balance - likely the result of the scriptwriter being a former ‘cam girl’ herself.

As a thriller I found it consistently involving. It’s a weird, Lynchian central premise with a more accessible delivery. While it definitely isn’t tied to reality and doesn’t provide definitive or logical answers, it keeps things reasonably grounded given the surreal, creepy events unfolding. Madeline Brewer does a damn good job in the lead role,

This isn’t the best of the recent Netflix lot - Other Side of the Wind or Buster Scruggs are more substantial works. But this is still several cuts above the dismal standards for Netflix originals had until very recently. A solid, high concept thriller that’s a definitely an easy, entertaining watch on a rainy November evening.