Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is fed up with the dating scene and entitled men. After meeting Steve (Sebastian Stan) in the grocery aisle of the supermarket she thinks that perhaps finally she may have found someone she is compatible with. Then she finds out about his peculiar and insatiable appetites. 

Fresh spends its opening half an hour as a completely normal drama about dating. When we meet Noa she is on an excruciatingly bad date with Chad (Brett Dier). A man who thinks it’s completely fine to highlight that Noa would look much nicer in a dress as opposed to the sweater she is wearing. Her best friend Molly (Jojo T. Gibbs) gives her moral support and suggests she is just her authentic self. And then she meets Steve, a charming doctor who sweeps her off her feet. When he takes her on a weekend away, the credits roll and events take a turn. 

From here we enter a darker tone that veers between thriller and horror whilst maintaining a realism that creates a purposeful and uncomfortable watch. The camera work and editing are also innovative and fit perfectly into the aesthetic that is being created. 

The drawbacks for me though was that the leads never really captivate and hold your attention for the screen time we spend solely with them and I could think of other actors and shows/films that have done this better. I just can not tell you without it creating the sort of spoiler I am unprepared to divulge in this review. 

I have to say though that in the final moments when the tension finally reaches boiling point there are some exceptionally witty jokes that call back to previous events and the subject of toxic masculinity. And it is almost worth watching alone for a dance sequence that reminded me of the sublime Ex Machina. 

Interesting but not great.