Amazon MGM Studios and Luca Guadagnino ’s psychological drama-thriller After the Hunt is launching today at the Venice Festival and it’s a timely subject.

Julia Roberts leads the cast as a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light. Michael Stulbarg and Chloë Sevigny also star in the film, which touches on themes of cancel culture, the MeToo movement and free speech.

The critics are starting to have their say on the movie and responses so far have been decidedly mixed. Roberts however comes in for consistent praise.

Deadline was among those to laud Roberts and connect with

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