The Cast of 'Strung' is Gorgeous. The Script? Not So Much. (Review of Strung 2026)
Strung (2026) Review Dir. Malcolm Lee 2/5 ⭐ I hate giving reviews like this to movies I genuinely wanted to love, but I have some real issues with this film, starting with the marketing. The trailers positioned this as a horror film, largely due to the little girl who's in the mask (it's giving Us or Them ) , but instead, the movie is more like an erotic, psychological thriller. That distinction matters, and the mismatch in expectations didn't help. Strung is a 2026 movie streaming on Peacock, directed by Malcolm Lee, who is probably most famous for his The Best Man franchise. It is a Blumhouse and Tyler Perry collaboration in production, and it was written by Alan McElroy. The film stars Chlöe Bailey as Layla, a promising young violinist who gets a job working as a musical tutor slash nanny for an affluent Black family led by matriarch Lynn Whitfield, and her cold and detached daughter, Imani, played by Anna Diop. The first scenes of the film are actually quite haunting...