I always appreciate stories about the complicated nature of sexual assault situations. I like the fact that the film shows the difficulty of finding appropriate medical care after an assault.
However, what doesn't seem to get mentioned in reviews or promotional material is the fact that the boyfriend is an arrogant ass who is pressuring her to go to the hospitals and the police when she doesn't want to go! It's all an ego issue for him. If he thinks she slept with someone else consensually, he feels bad about himself, but if he thinks she's been raped he feels less upset about it. It's as if it's about him, not her! It really made me angry that the boyfriend ignores her repeated requests to go home. She just wants to lay down and recover from what happened.
I felt just as upset about the boyfriend as I did about the sexual assault. And of course, her girlfriend didn't make enough effort to help her either.
So just be prepared for feeling upset about a lot of things in this movie. The assault, the hospitals, the friends, etc.
However, what doesn't seem to get mentioned in reviews or promotional material is the fact that the boyfriend is an arrogant ass who is pressuring her to go to the hospitals and the police when she doesn't want to go! It's all an ego issue for him. If he thinks she slept with someone else consensually, he feels bad about himself, but if he thinks she's been raped he feels less upset about it. It's as if it's about him, not her! It really made me angry that the boyfriend ignores her repeated requests to go home. She just wants to lay down and recover from what happened.
I felt just as upset about the boyfriend as I did about the sexual assault. And of course, her girlfriend didn't make enough effort to help her either.
So just be prepared for feeling upset about a lot of things in this movie. The assault, the hospitals, the friends, etc.