F Marry Kill (2025) Review!!

Synopsis – A woman in Boulder dates 3 men. She tries to identify the f*ckboy, potential husband, and a killer called Swipe Right terrorizing the city who wants to murder her.

My Take – We live in a world where it has become impossible to address the uncertainties of digital romance. Particularly, how dating apps have become dangerous, especially for women. Mainly, as you never know if the person, you’re eventually going to meet up is of the right mind set.

Thought set in a similar vein, this Laura Murphy directed feature takes it a step further by zeroing on a specific concern or conversation one might have heard or had been a part off. Specifically, about how a guy was giving out serial killer vibes in a chat or at the first meet. Making this immediately an intriguing set up to deal up with.

But while the film that is structured as a mix of romantic comedy and a whodunit mystery thriller offers some moments of genuine humor and creativity, it also struggles with an uneven tone that disrupts the flow and never truly allows the script to deliver on its potential.

To make matters worse, it wastes whatever goodwill it earned in the final act by delivering an atrocious twist that is so baffling that it leaves us further disappointed. Ultimately, this felt like a film that wasn’t quite sure what it was. A couple of tweaks could have made it a lot more fun. But as it is this an average flick that will engage and then soon be forgotten. I mean, if you’ve ever seen a Lucy Hale starrer, you know exactly what you’re getting into.

The story follows Eva (Lucy Hale), who has become recently a bit lost in life, following the sudden end of her long-term relationship. And hoping that she can actually move on with her life, on her thirtieth birthday, Eva is encouraged by her sister, Valerie (Brooke Nevin), her best friend and co-worker, Kelly (Virginia Gardner), and friends Anthony (JayR) and Robin (Bethany Brown) to join a couple of dating apps and find herself a potential new romance.

But as Eva reenters the dating scene, at the same time, a serial killer dubbed the “Swipe Right Killer” has also been using the same apps, to pick out his victims. Though, she finds herself delightfully connecting with the hunky Mitch (Brendan Morgan), successful Kyle (Jedidiah Goodacre), and sensitive Norman (Samer Salem), but as physical and psychological details about the serial killer begin to spread out via a murder podcast, Eva finds herself believing that one of the three is the actual murderer.

Turning the adolescent game of f***, marry, kill to take on a new meaning as Eva decides to unmask the killer herself.

Truth be told, Eva’s dating escapades are actually quite enjoyable to watch, because she flies against type for your typical rom-com female. But despite being billed as a comedic thriller, Murphy‘s direction doesn’t favor a fair subgenre split.

Even when chef Mitch, wealthy veterinarian Kyle, and aspiring forensic tech Norman cause Eva to believe they could be the killer, it’s never really intense. Mainly as the film is frustratingly obsessed with being funny.

Nevertheless, writers Ivan Diaz, Dan Scheinkman and Meghan Brown get the true crime obsession and dating Hellscape exactly right, aided by an enjoyably goofball performance by Lucy Hale. But while the film manages to engage with its comical mystery elements much of the way, an absolutely horrendous conclusion will have you wishing they’d swiped left.

As alluded to earlier, the final act is an outright disaster as the narrative shifts in a way that doesn’t reward your investment in the film at all. Instead feeling like as a desperate gamble so lame it not only demands lengthy, overwrought explanation, but also accompanying self-aware ridicule. Yes, the film picks the most flawed, unthoughtfully narrative-changing, and least fulfilling way to conclude.

That said, Lucy Hale is remarkable as always, and casting her as the lead made the whole experience a lot more fun than it would have been otherwise. She is such a charmer that you can be forgiven for looking past the red flags. Virginia Gardner also has some good scenes, as her Kelly is loyal but out there. While Brendan Morgan, Jedidiah Goodacre and Samer Salem are alright. On the whole, ‘F Marry Kill‘ is a pretty mediocre comedy mystery thriller that is not profound, or original, or particularly exhilarating.