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The Joy of Positivity pick of the day is the Overachieving B Movie Drop

If you can even think of the movie's title without a Beastie Boy inflection then you are not me.

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Nathan Rabin
Oct 22, 2025
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Though lead Meghann Fahy is fantastic, the premise is the star of Drop.

Fahy stars as Violet, a widow, psychiatrist, single mother, and survivor of domestic abuse. She’s anxious about pursuing romance but makes a date at a fancy restaurant in downtown Chicago with photographer Henry (Brandon Sklenar).

The evening starts pleasantly, if awkwardly enough. She gets a drink to calm her nerves from Cara (Gabrielle Ryan Spring Gabrielle), a hip, sexy bartender who expresses a suspiciously intense interest in Violet’s date.

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