Beta Test Movie, Ending Explained + Film Review
Everyone knows what a Beta Test is. For those that don’t, to Beta Test, something means someone made something, like software or an invention of some kind, and needs a third party to try it out. The third-party didn’t help make this something. And the third party needs to either report back to the people in charge or be monitored in some way so that there is a result to base improvements or to release the product. With that being said, The Beta Test movie kind of spoils it’s own ending in its title. Therefore, Mother of Movies won’t feel so bad about saying that the events of this film eventually lead to a showdown between the maker and the test bunny.
In The Beta Test film, the lead character, Jordan is also in somewhat of a beta stage of his own. He is about to get married to his fiance Caroline. A big step for many singles and the resulting nuptials aren’t always successful in the results of it. Around six weeks before he is due to take the plunge, a purple envelope is delivered. The envelope is high quality, official-looking and inside is an equally nice invitation. Written in gold writing, the invitation requests his attendance at The Royal Hotel. The invitation requires him to answer a few stringent questions and post the envelope back.
Hollywood agent Jordan is being invited to sleep with a stranger. The invitation promises no repercussions, no strings, and simply requests he go with neither party ever knowing who the other is.
Beta Testing Life
Jordan is not a likable person. His dubious moral standards both in work, plus his own thoughts and his personal life make watching him blow up everything he has built mesmerizing and comedically tainted. When I allude to him being a terrible person, it’s not that anything he does is particularly unrelatable. High flyers in stressful competitive industries are often manipulative. The fact that he daydreams about random strangers hitting on him doesn’t make him a cheater. But it’s easy to see that Jordan is walking a very fine line between doing the right thing and simply giving in to his superego and instinctual urges.
“We just signed Tiger Woods as a director this morning,” Jordan tells Caroline. “We’re gonna reboot ‘Caddyshack’ with dogs.”
Quote from The Beta Test film
A Moral Delimma in The Beta Test Movie
Coupled with a complicated narrative, the themes ensnared within the storyline are pretty intense. The Beta Test is hard to follow if you aren’t paying attention. But one thing’s for certain and that’s that the overall essence of Jordan’s demeanor makes definitive commentary about the agencies of Hollywood. About the cannibalistic nature of an entire society of writers, filmmakers, and talent and those trying to break into it. Jordan is the proverbial car crash of people sitting in powerful positions without understanding how to wield the sword correctly. Or of the effects, he leaves on people in an effort to ensure he has the upper hand at all times.
The Beta Test movie is exceptional as a study on the lures of possible greener pastures in everyday life. Of shiny new objects of desire when compared with what is already in front of you. The thriller film manages to lift the veil of mystery on what types of things might entice someone from straying from the norm or comforts they are already afforded to risk it all for something different. It’s a film that stays with you in both context and the idea that everyone is prone to want more.
I give The Beta Test
4 if the internet was really the devil out of 5
- Directors & Writers for the Beta test movie Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe.
- Beta Test movie cast includes Jim Cummings, Virginia Newcomb, and PJ McCabe.
- In addition, all images courtesy of IFC Films with the Beta Test are watched as a screener for review purposes.
The Beta Test Ending Explained
The Beta Test Ending Explained
Who is Johnny Paypal?
Johnny Paypal was simply a guy who was extorting people for money under a mask of connecting couples who were looking to escape their relationships. Johnny stated he was “the internet.” He collected data on couples and targeted people who were likely to stray. He sent a series of letters to people with the intent of luring them into cheating where he would then extort $5000 to keep their secret. He just liked to corrupt people.
Why Did Caroline Forgive Jordan?
Caroline is assumed to have also received the same invitation as Jordan and also gone through with the tryst. It can be concluded that she tried to rekindle her relationship with a weekend away to appease her guilt from cheating. She also became pregnant with Jordan’s or her affairs baby which was indicated by her touching her stomach in the diner at the end of The Beta Test. Both Caroline and Jordan leave together because they are on the same page about what happened to them. What’s more, it can be assumed they want to stay together.
