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No doubt a lot of people will find this film annoying and frustrating.

That's the point.

Julie Roberts is excellent as this acerbic no nonsense professor with a murky past, whose life and those around her starts to crumble when her star student accuses her friend and colleague Hank (played brilliantly by Andrew Garfield) of "crossing the line" with her while he was drunk at his apartment.

Only she doesn't specify exactly what happened, and she gets angry when people question it. She also doesn't go to the police, she goes to Alma first. Which puts the whole thing in doubt.

Maggie is basically the worst kind of spoilt privileged rich student with all of the padding and money that her rich parents can afford. She's a black queer woman with a "Non Binary" girlfriend ("They! Go away!") And thinks that she is owed everything because of that. I've seen so many instances of young Gen Zs, both black and white, straight and gay, that have acted like this and worse. Her character is not exaggerated. There actually are people like that in the world.

Same with the rest of the main players. Alma is a total hot mess express with stomach issues and treats her friends poorly. Hank is an aggressive, very male and outspoken young guy who thinks he knows more than anyone else.

The point of the movie is not the mystery of did he, didn't he, but how everyone in the film acts in it. It has scathing remarks on both extreme left who scream victimhood + act aggressively when they don't get their way, and those in power who do nothing to stop bad behaviour.

We go through various stages of believing one character to not believing them, which makes everyone unsure.

It absolutely does make a point that extreme leftism has ruined many institutions and has done more harm than good to the people they claim to care about the most. And that extremism on both sides of the political spectrum is a bad thing and they all have to be called out.

Although it's not as powerful and well executed as films similar to this such as Doubt and Tar, it does give the audience a chance to debate and give a different perspective on things.

"Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable"

I had no idea at all what to expect from this series. And I still don't know what to expect moving on. But the premise is already deeply intriguing and intelligent.

Our protagonist is Carol, a miserable and highly grumpy person who is a novelist. She is one of the few people not affected by an otherworldly invasion that make the rest of the population ever smiley and helpful. And would essentially cater to her every whim, while making the world a better place. But at the cost of world's identity and self expression.

What is worse? Losing what makes you, you? Or having the world destroy itself with war, apathy and climate change?

It's rare that you find a premise in the sci-fi genre that is deeply philosophical and makes you question certain things from both sides. Although we are meant to be on Carol's side, she is volatile, rude and dismissive and causes a lot of mayhem. On the other side, there are the collective of body snatchers who speak as one and who are endlessly (and creepily) polite who could offer you anything you want.

I will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.