Overview

• Amazon MGM’s film opened in select theaters Oct. 10 and rolls out nationwide Oct. 17, playing exclusively in cinemas before a later Prime Video window to be announced.
• The drama follows a Yale professor confronted when her star student accuses a colleague, positioning the story in the thorny terrain of #MeToo-era campus politics.
• Critics widely single out Roberts as the standout, with plaudits for Luca Guadagnino’s direction, Malik Hassan Sayeed’s cinematography, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score.
• Multiple reviews fault the debut screenplay as shallow and politically muddled, describing the film’s cancel-culture framing as dated and drawing unfavorable comparisons to Tár.
• Coverage also notes producer Brian Grazer’s comments linking the project to anti‑woke concerns, which have shaped the public conversation around the release.