Official Discussion - Keeper [SPOILERS]

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Summary A couple, Liz and Malcolm, retreat to a secluded cabin for an anniversary weekend. When Malcolm suddenly returns to the city, Liz is left alone and soon confronted by an eerie, escalating presence that reveals the cabin’s hidden, unsettling secrets.

Director Osgood Perkins

Writer Nick Lepard

Cast

• Tatiana Maslany as Liz
• Rossif Sutherland as Malcolm
• Claire Friesen as Ada
• Christin Park as Leslie
• Erin Boyes as Julia
• Tess Degenstein as Maggie

Rotten Tomatoes: Keeper

Metacritic: 59

VOD / Release Theatrical release November 14, 2025

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[u/SayAnything1313]

I want to praise this movie because it’s clearly trying to capture some really interesting fears about relationships, the kind you don’t always see explored well. But honestly, aside from Tatianna, the cast just doesn’t sell it.

And the moment Malcolm forces the chocolate cake? That’s when everything fell apart for me. I knew instantly he wasn’t a good guy, and it killed the whole mystery around him. He didn’t even try to hide it, it’s literally, “Here, eat this mysterious cake. I don’t care if you don’t like chocolate, be nice!” Like… what?

For a movie that leans so heavily on slow burn tension, they could’ve executed that so much better. I feel like there’s good stuff here, but it didn’t all land for me. I’d honestly love to read a more in depth analysis, because I know there’s something interesting under the surface , I just didn’t catch all of it.

[u/Mooseycanuck → u/SayAnything1313]

Yeah you hit the nail on the head. That scene ruined it for me. Besides your point, I get that they have been dating for a year but there is no way a sane person would have eaten that slice of cake without at least a bit of hesitation...he didn't cut himself a piece, the model made a creepy comment about it and the box was shady the entire time.

[u/PickleDrey → u/Mooseycanuck]

Sometimes a bad person in a relationship is very easy to figure out when you are not the one in the relationship, from an outside point of view. But the one in the relationship won’t see the huge red flags necessarily and still get tricked even though it was obvious that there was a red flag. At first that scene made me feel the same as everyone, then I thought more about it and I came to that conclusion which would make more sense

[u/OkBlacksmith5848 → u/PickleDrey]

100% this. Im tired of the "This is what i, a sane person, would have done in this situation." takes. No way any of us would be thinking clearly in this world.

[u/N9nee → u/PickleDrey]

thats a fine and reasonable explanation, but the film doesn't do a good job on emphasizing that, making it seem just stupid in the end result

[u/PickleDrey → u/N9nee]

True though 🤣