Overview

• New reviews from the New Statesman and the Independent praise Eva Victor as writer‑director‑star of a debut that resists a conventional trauma arc.
• The film centers on Agnes, a college professor processing a sexual assault, with the alleged perpetrator identified as her former professor Preston Decker.
• Key sequences unfold in extended, static shots that maintain distance from the act itself and convey dissociation and its aftermath.
• Critics highlight a focus on recovery through friendship, small acts of care and tonal subtlety that blends humor with tenderness.
• A24’s release reaches UK cinemas on 22 August, with performances from Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Lucas Hedges and John Carroll Lynch drawing commendation.