Elizabeth Banks stars in skincare spoiler-free #moviereview

Elizabeth Bank stars as hope a top tier Hollywood esthetician who's living the dream she's the go-to skincare Guru for all the stars and she's on the brink of launching her own line of beauty products life is perfect but then this new guy Angel sets up shop right across the street from her oh and he's also in the skincare game well suddenly her Life Starts spiraling her email gets hacked her reputation's under Fire and she's convinced Angels behind it all the paranoia ramps up and so do her drastic attempts to save face literally and figuratively Elizabeth Banks is fantastic in this darker complex role her character hides her insecurity and self-doubt behind a mask of Elegance and sophistication here's the deal skincare tries to be everything at once an LA satire a psychological Thriller a critique of greed and ambition I don't know if it's a dark comedy a thriller or the horrors of aging and vanity the screenplay can't decide if it wants to make you laugh cringe or think deeply about the sketchy links people go to for success I appreciate how it captures The self-promotion Craze where everyone's hustling for themselves and relationships are purely transactional essentially self-serving motives wrapped in a fake