![]() The plot thickens with a suddenly surfacing videotape of long ago, a bachelor party for one of those classmates and a new relationship with another seemingly nice guy named Ryan (Bo Burnham) who also went to school with her all those years ago. Is Cassie psychologically disturbed, or just a master of delayed revenge for the bad acts of boys who should have known better? She still lives at home with parents Susan (Jennifer Coolidge) and Stanley (Clancy Brown), who drop clues that maybe it is time for her to move out but also know her dreams of going to med school didn’t work out and that she might need time to get herself together in order to do that. And it isn’t just random men she is targeting, as the on- screen “Chapters” indicate, she goes after women she implicates too, including classmate Alison (Alison Brie) and the dean (Connie Britton) of their school, who pushed the years-ago incident under the rug. ![]() Cassie is anything but helpless as she leads a double life with her nightclub “act” after hours and as a coffee shop employee working with good friend Gail (Laverne Cox) during the day.įennell turns the wheels of her story in deliberate manner to eventually reveal the reasons for Cassie’s need for revenge: retribution for a high school gang bang against her best friend Nina, an event that eventually destroyed that friend’s life. Little does he know this is all an act: She isn’t drunk, and actually sets up guys like Jerry, and later another named Neil (a very funny Christopher Mintz-Plasse) to turn the tables on men who take advantage of helpless women. But then, sensing advantage of her apparent inebriated state, he attempts to have his way with her sexually. The Focus Features Christmas Day theatrical release was a sensation the minute it debuted at Sundance in January and also represents a startlingly assured feature film debut for actress Emerald Fennell behind the camera, writing and directing this twisty black comedy/suspense thriller.Ĭassie (Mulligan) is seen at the film’s start in a completely drunken state at a dance club, where she gets help from an unsuspecting man named Jerry (Adam Brody), who offers to take her home.
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