Cassie’s response is poignant, speaking volumes about the misogynistic culture in academia and beyond–“Can you guess what every woman’s worst nightmare is?” Fennell’s feature directorial debut is a transgressive male-comeuppance power fantasy–and emotional roller coaster!–as Mulligan’s barista-by-day prowls for would-be date rapists at night, ready to teach them a lesson they won’t soon forget. Still traumatized by her friend’s suicide years after the assault, Cassie drops out of medical school and proceeds with only one goal in life: to dismantle a broken system, one bastard at a time.
The Herculean task of visually transforming Mulligan into the various versions of Cassie–for a quick shoot on a small budget–fell on Emmy-nominated Makeup Department Head Angie Wells (