Overview
- The film’s rollout has produced weak metrics, with reports citing roughly a 39–40% Rotten Tomatoes score, a rare C- CinemaScore, and about $1.7 million in domestic grosses.
- Reviewers frequently praise Julia Roberts and the film’s craftsmanship while criticizing the screenplay and a deliberately unresolved conclusion.
- Coverage notes ideological divides in reception, with some commentators applauding its challenge to #MeToo-era orthodoxies and others dismissing it as hollow provocation.
- Screenwriter Nora Garrett says Luca Guadagnino changed her original final 20 pages to a more ambiguous finish, a shift she and some critics link to the negative response.
- Cast members Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield acknowledge the polarized reactions and say they anticipated strong, divergent views from audiences.