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{{Short description|British thriller film}}

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| distributor = [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]

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| country = United Kingdom

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””’Strictly Confidential””’ is a 2024 British [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Damian Hurley]] in his directorial debut<ref>{{cite web |last=Acevedo Negrón |first=José |title=”Strictly Confidential”: El thriller que promete revolucionar el cine este abril |url=https://www.telemundo49.com/entretenimiento/acceso-total/strictly-confidential-el-thriller-que-promete-revolucionar-el-cine-este-abril/2259970/ |website=telemundo49.com |date=March 13, 2024 |publisher=[[WRMD-CD]] |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> and starring his mother [[Elizabeth Hurley]], [[Georgia Lock]], Lauren McQueen, [[Freddie Thorp]], [[Genevieve Gaunt]], Pear Chiravara, Llyrio Boateng, and [[Max Parker (actor)|Max Parker]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dela Paz |first1=Maggie |title=Strictly Confidential Trailer Sets Release Date for R-Rated Thriller |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1574745-strictly-confidential-trailer-sets-release-date-for-r-rated-thriller |website=comingsoon.net |date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> The film was released in the United States on April 5, 2024, to generally negative critic reviews.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paur |first=Joey |title=Trailer For Elizabeth Hurley’s Twisted Erotic Thriller Strictly Confidential |url=https://geektyrant.com/news/trailer-for-elizabeth-hurleys-twisted-erotic-thriller-strictly-confidential |website=geektyrant.com |date=March 15, 2024 |publisher=GeekTyrant |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=”RotTom”>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/strictly_confidential_2024|title=Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref>

””’Strictly Confidential””’ is a 2024 [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Damian Hurley]] in his directorial debut<ref>{{cite web |last=Acevedo Negrón |first=José |title=”Strictly Confidential”: El thriller que promete revolucionar el cine este abril |url=https://www.telemundo49.com/entretenimiento/acceso-total/strictly-confidential-el-thriller-que-promete-revolucionar-el-cine-este-abril/2259970/ |website=telemundo49.com |date=March 13, 2024 |publisher=[[WRMD-CD]] |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> and starring his mother [[Elizabeth Hurley]], [[Georgia Lock]], Lauren McQueen, [[Freddie Thorp]], [[Genevieve Gaunt]], Pear Chiravara, Llyrio Boateng, and [[Max Parker (actor)|Max Parker]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dela Paz |first1=Maggie |title=Strictly Confidential Trailer Sets Release Date for R-Rated Thriller |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1574745-strictly-confidential-trailer-sets-release-date-for-r-rated-thriller |website=comingsoon.net |date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref> The film was released in the United States on April 5, 2024, to generally negative critic reviews.<ref>{{cite web |last=Paur |first=Joey |title=Trailer For Elizabeth Hurley’s Twisted Erotic Thriller Strictly Confidential |url=https://geektyrant.com/news/trailer-for-elizabeth-hurleys-twisted-erotic-thriller-strictly-confidential |website=geektyrant.com |date=March 15, 2024 |publisher=GeekTyrant |access-date=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=”RotTom”>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/strictly_confidential_2024|title=Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref>

==Plot==

==Plot==

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American thriller film

Strictly Confidential is a 2024 American thriller film written and directed by Damian Hurley in his directorial debut^[1] and starring his mother Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, Genevieve Gaunt, Pear Chiravara, Llyrio Boateng, and Max Parker.^[2] The film was released in the United States on April 5, 2024, to generally negative critic reviews.^[3][4]

Mia is haunted by the suicide of her best friend, Rebecca. A year on from Rebecca’s death, Mia accepts an invitation from Rebecca’s family to their home in the Caribbean, where her college friends are assembling to commemorate Rebecca on the anniversary of her death.

Once on the island, Mia is plagued by suspicions that there’s more to Rebecca’s death than meets the eye; gradually, she learns that both Rebecca’s family and each of the guests are harbouring deadly secrets, all with direct ties to Rebecca. Mia delves into Rebecca’s past, desperate to uncover what really happened that fateful day last summer.

MSR Media produced the film.^[5] Production for the film began in late 2022 in Saint Kitts and Nevis^[6][7][8] and ended in December of the same year.^[9] On February 28, 2024, Lionsgate released the trailer for Strictly Confidential.^[10]

Strictly Confidential was released in the United States on April 5, 2024, with a limited theatrical release and on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube and Fandango at Home.^[11]

On aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 10% approval rating based on five critical reviews.^[4] According to a review by Mike McGranaghan of Aisle Seat; “Strictly Confidential has a screenplay that sounds like it was written by an AI program that was taught every cheesy, straight-to-cable erotic thriller from the early ’90s.” Avi Offer of NYC Movie Guru states; “A clunky, convoluted and preposterous mess with enough unintentional laughs to make it a guilty pleasure. Strictly Confidential is like an erotic version of Knives Out without the comedy, suspense or Benoit Blanc.” Stephen Holland of Screen Rant; “First-time director Damian Hurley delivers a disappointing erotic thriller full of predictable twists, an illogical plot, and stilted scenes.” Brian Orndorf of Blu-ray.com; “Hurley doesn’t push the picture’s sauciness and he’s mostly fatigued when it comes to blowing minds, but Strictly Confidential does have the novelty of a son exploiting the sex appeal of his mom for the benefit of an otherwise uninteresting whodunit.”