Fri Jul 25 01:10:00 UTC 2025: **News Article Summary:**

**”Oh, Hi!”: Cringe Comedy Falls Flat, Compared Unfavorably to “Misery”**

Boston, MA – Sophie Brooks’s new film, “Oh, Hi!”, starring Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman, is being critically panned as a textbook example of an “Idiot Plot,” where characters must act illogically for the story to progress. The film, a cringe comedy, centers on Iris (Gordon) holding Isaac (Lerman) captive after a BDSM encounter gone wrong, hoping to force him to commit to a relationship.

Reviewers are drawing unfavorable comparisons to Stephen King’s “Misery,” noting that even with its dark themes, “Misery” is funnier and more compelling than “Oh, Hi!”. The film hinges on the “women be acting crazy” and “men ain’t [expletive]” cliches of hacky stand-up comedy routines.The characters’ increasingly illogical actions and the film’s inability to redeem Iris’s behavior are cited as major weaknesses. It also stars John Reynolds, Geraldine Viswanathan, David Cross, Polly Draper. Currently playing at local theaters and is rated R for sex, nudity and language.

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