The Layover Apr 2026

Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario play Meg and Kate (yes, the actress playing Kate is named Kate—try to keep up), lifelong besties whose friendship instantly dissolves when a handsome, bland stranger (Matt Barr) boards their diverted flight to Portland. Stranded in a motel, they wage psychological warfare over him, escalating from petty sabotage to near-criminal acts.

The Layover is not a good movie. It’s often cringe-inducing, tonally confused, and populated by characters who seem to have wandered in from a much darker, more cynical film. And yet… I kind of admired its nihilistic guts. The Layover

★★½ (Two and a half stars: A glorious disaster that fails spectacularly on purpose. Maybe.) Kate Upton and Alexandra Daddario play Meg and

Upton’s character literally roofies Daddario’s character. Daddario’s character fakes a miscarriage. By the midpoint, you’re not rooting for anyone to get the guy—you’re rooting for the guy to get on a plane and leave them both to their festering toxicity. That discomfort? That’s the film’s secret weapon. It’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for the People magazine crowd. It’s often cringe-inducing

Your next flight delay could always be worse. You could be these people.