Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut is many things: a revenge film set in the era of #MeToo, an inquiry into the idea of monsters, a dark comedy, a showcase for lead Carey Mulligan’s acting talent, an opportunity for “Eighth Grade” director Bo Burnham to prove himself in front of the camera as the romantic counterpart and a chance for audiences to experience the trauma of hookup culture through a female gaze. It’s funny and sad, and at times, pretty extreme.
The premise of the movie, which is revealed in the opening sequence, is a young woman — later revealed as a med school dropout grappling with a mysterious past tragedy involving her best friend — who goes out to clubs and pretends to be drunk, setting a trap for whichever guy-of-the-night spots her and decides to take her home to hook up. As each guy moves in to seal the deal, she reveals that she’s in fact totally sober.
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