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Becky (2020)

Rating: 7/10
Runtime 93 minutes

"What can I say?

I like watching girls kick ass.

"Becky" has that in spades."


"Becky is resourceful and vindictive and you just killed her only living relative"


Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 93 minutes
IMDB: 6/10 (20k votes)
First Reviewed: 2023-07-15
Last Updated: 2024-09-29

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What's the deal with "Becky" (2020)? I mean, seriously. This film is like "Home Alone" on steroids. If Kevin McCallister was a teen girl with an anger management problem, that would be Becky.

And let's talk about the bad guys. They're supposed to be these hardened criminals, but they can't handle a 13-year-old girl? It's like they went to the Stormtrooper School of Aim. I've seen better strategies in a game of Tic Tac Toe.


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