When you think about party games, beer pong, cornhole, and Giant Jenga come to mind. If you’re more into strapping electrodes to your temples with seven friends and swapping bodies while trying to figure out who’s who, It’s What’s Inside might be more your speed. But fair warning: glance at your phone or blink too long, and you’ll be hopelessly lost.
One Face/Off is chaotic fun on its own. It’s What’s Inside is basically eight Face/Offs at a house party. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Hey, Let’s Swap Bodies!
It’s What’s Inside keeps the setting simple, which is lucky because the confusion kicks in fast. Old friends gather to celebrate Reuben’s upcoming wedding. Shelby (Brittany O’Grady) and Cyrus (James Morosini) are on shaky ground because Cyrus is in love with Nikki (Alycia Debnam-Carey), an online influencer. Brooke (Reina Hardesty), Dennis (Gavin Leatherwood), and Maya (Nina Bloomgarden) speculate whether Forbes (David Thompson), the estranged black sheep of the group, will show up.
Naturally, Forbes arrives with a briefcase containing the body-swapping tech that drives the story. After taking Polaroids of each other, they fire up the machine, and the night collapses into chaos as everyone plays with the premise while scrambling to hide who they really are.
Well, That’s Messed Up
Because nobody’s motives are fully revealed, It’s What’s Inside becomes a guessing game of who’s hooking up with who, who’s gleefully playing along, and who’s taking the game way too seriously. Clues trickle out in body language, syntax, and little gestures that help you track who’s in which body until everyone snaps back to normal and decides to give it another go.
As someone who remembers faces better than names, I realized quickly this isn’t a movie you can half-watch. The humor lives in the confusion. If you track the winks, nods, and smirks, you’ll mostly keep up. Just know you’ll be working for it, and even then your footing won’t be steady.
Streaming It’s What’s Inside
It’s What’s Inside immediately reminded me of 2013’s Coherence, another story that toys with perception and identity. The difference is those characters were victims of a cosmic fluke, while this group willingly tinkers with their identities because it sounds fun. Spoiler: nobody is having fun once the stakes become clear. By the end, you’ll probably be relieved it’s over, just in time to restart it and try again.
If you’re ready for your brain to be scrambled while you laugh at everyone’s misfortune, It’s What’s Inside is streaming on Netflix now.
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