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Netflix viewers make common complaint about new Christmas thriller Carry On

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Published 13:57 18 Dec 2024 GMT

Netflix viewers make common complaint about new Christmas thriller Carry On

Carry On debuted on Netflix on 13 December

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Netflix viewers all have the same thing to say about the new number one film on the platform, Carry On.

The movie, which stars Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton, has been likened to many to Die Hard, with others calling it the ‘sleeper hit of the year’.

If it was slept on before though, then clearly people have woken up as it is now the biggest film on Netflix, having dethroned Blake Lively's It Ends With Us as the top film on the streaming platform, as per IndieWire.

It has been met with fairly universal praise too, with an 86 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score and 67 per cent on Metacritic.

Despite this though, there was one complaint that numerous fans have made about the film - and before you ask, no, it’s not the continuity error in which a baby loses their hair from one scene to the next.

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The film kicks into gear in reality when, while working as a TSA agent at LAX airport, Taron Egerton’s Ethan is given a singular Bluetooth earphone.

He looks at it, confused for a moment, before receiving a text telling him to put it in.

Carry On begins in earnest when Ethan puts the earpiece in (Netflix)
Carry On begins in earnest when Ethan puts the earpiece in (Netflix)

He does so and is told that if he doesn’t allow one specific bag on to a plane without checking it on the TSA scanner, his girlfriend will be killed.

Shenanigans ensue, Ethan races to save the airport and his girlfriend at the same time, yet for many, it would have never made it that far.

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One person tweeted: “The #carryonnetflix movie is so annoying cause there's no way I'm listening to this random man tell me what to do.

“I'm pulling the fire alarm in that airport let everyone get the f*ck out. Like I would never wear that earpiece to even start with.”



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When one fan pointed out his girlfriend had been threatened, they responded by saying: “He had no business wearing that earpiece to start with.”

Another joke on TikTok suggested the film would be just 15 seconds long if the main character acted ‘logically’ and smashed the earpiece the second he was threatened.

Meanwhile, one comment read: “like why would u put a random earpiece inside ur ear ?????”

Another said: “I just finished it - like, why didn’t any of the colleagues notice he was talking to himself the whole shift”.

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Despite this, others hit back at this complaint and pointed out that – he did actually kinda try to do that at various points.

Jason Bateman plays the psycho criminal forcing Ethan to let things slide (Netflix)
Jason Bateman plays the psycho criminal forcing Ethan to let things slide (Netflix)

One comment read: “Immediately receives a text: Now ethan why would you go and do a silly thing like that and put [his girlfriend] Nora’s life in jeopardy.”

Some also pointed to the fact that later in the film, Ethan did indeed try to take the earpiece out and tell Nora what was going on.

At this moment, a sniper put a red light on her forehead and Ethan was forced to continue working for them or she would die.

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The most simply solution or answer to this complaint though? It wouldn’t have made a very fun movie if he didn’t play along would it?

Carry On is streaming on Netflix now.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Film, TV and Film, Netflix

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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