A Thousand Faces (2025) Review | A One Night Stand Can Be Life Changing In More Ways Than One

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“A Thousand Faces” Film Details

Runtime	1 Hour(s) and 26 Minutes
Release Date	2024
How To Watch (Here)	Tubi
Advisory (MPAA) Film Rating	Rated TV-MA
Genre(s)	Romance
Director(s)	Elton Loud
Writer(s)	Elton Loud
Based On Work By	N/A
Distributor	SuperLoud Studio

Summary

Lucas and Asha were initially supposed to hook up at Asha’s house and be on their way. However, something goes awry with Lucas, and a felon on the loose forces the two to spend the night together, but not in the original sexual context. This leads to what began as hesitant conversations, which reveal what led to them desiring someone new and their current home situations. It seems both want to escape, but they have to do so carefully because of the potential consequences.

Cast and Character(s)

Asha (Iman N. Milner)

An artist with a legal background, Asha adorns her walls with various portraits and can be a bit cutthroat, as Lucas experiences. However, like a lot of women who can have a chip on their shoulder, she isn’t afraid of showing her soft side as long as you aren’t on some BS.

Lucas (Julian Elijah Martinez)

Lucas is a writer working at a dispensary. Like Asha, he is stuck in a relationship that he doesn’t necessarily want, but with his current financial status, he is slightly stuck until he can transition to a stable type of independence.

Other Noteworthy Information

• There is a post-credit scene that completes the story.

Review

Highlight(s)

The Vibe Of It Being A Play [84/100]

While other characters may pop in or out, “A Thousand Faces” operates like a play. I would say it best compares to “The Coast Starlight,” with a smaller cast, as you see people who initially are hesitant to share more than just space, have overdue conversations that need to escape their head and be challenged so that they can get executed.

Plus, with being forced to only talk to one another, there is a intimacy there that only furthers the feelings of a play as it feels like there is no start and stop, getting back into character, but just being in it and having to wrestle with confronted thoughts and feelings in real time – even when this stranger doesn’t seem like the ideal person to talk things out with.

Two Sides Of The Same Story [85/100]

Asha and Lucas are very similar, even with noting opposites like where they were raised, their religious beliefs, and even what they do for work. However, I believe one of the points of showcasing Asha’s art and Lucas’ writing is to act as a reminder that what people do isn’t always who they are, but what opportunities came about to, in some way, guarantee survival.

For Asha, it meant being with a man who likes her but may not love or respect her. It’s a potential case of there being time invested and families having met, so he goes through the motions even though there aren’t any emotions pressing him forward. Just family and societal expectations he has to live up to while in pursuit of what he feels like is missing in his relationship with Asha.

Then with Lucas, like Asha, he is with someone who seems serious about him, but also seems to have ways about her that doesn’t make the feelings there appear to be reciprocal anymore. Now the relationship is that weird sort of comfortable. You found a knook that, if you just stay in that one spot, is good, but shift to the left or right, and then there is something stabbing you.

It altogether makes for a interesting mirror for them to look at each other, and on the surface see something different, but as they focus, pinch and prod, they realize how similar they are and to ask questions and sometimes make judgements, is to essentially talk about themselves, even if their words are directed at someone else.

Overall

Our Rating (84.5/100): Positive (Worth Seeing)

“A Thousand Faces” is a reminder that many people need a heart-to-heart conversation without distractions. Also, as much as growth is an individual’s responsibility, it cannot be a solo journey. You need to see yourself reflected in others to be able to move onto the next step, the next chapter, and effectively move on. For in the hustle and bustle of life, you can know what you need to do but have memory lapses as to why you ever felt the need to do it.

But, with being seen, heard, felt to a point, you can see through Asha and Lucas they got what they needed from an unlikely person, and maybe, they may not be meant just to be a lesson for each other but a reward for finally doing what they long knew had to be done.

Movie Contains

Dialog	Cursing (Occasional)
Violence	Nothing Notable
Sexual Content	Sexual Situations (Implied)
Miscellaneous	Smoking

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