Review of M.F.A. (2017) by Jon C — 17 Oct 2017

A revenge flick that hits the topical subject of sexual assault on campus and a very turning performance by Francesca Eastwood.

She plays an art student Noelle who's trying to find the right kind of passionate creative thinking.

After she meets a cute guy in class she goes to a party hoping to seal the deal but she gets trapped by him and is raped.

Like any victim she's so traumatized by it, however, when the school administration refuses to do anything she decides to take matters into her own hands by hunting down all the offenders who got off scott-free and making them pay.

It's a female-driven story of vigilantism; Noelle believes the justice system is so corrupt as well as the education institution that they'll ignore the evidence and sweep it all under the rug.

It's very debatable what is the right solution to this problem: if no one will protect the victims who will? do we condone murder if the perpetrators are let go? is there a more peaceful solution like spreading awareness?

Noelle wants every rapist to pay for their mistakes but of course it means making the victims relive the experience to the point where they may do the unthinkable to make it stop.

Maybe we can dare to change the world no matter the consequences in order to make the world better.

Almost thought this would follow the lines of 'I Spit on Your Grave' but it didn't go too far.

Viewers can be on either side of this issue, too, you can either side with Noelle or view her as a villainess.

Again Eastwood makes this character work using her seductive skills to lure these monsters into her trap.

Even if it's awful watching her take them out this is still a very big issue that can't be ignored and will continue if we don't start noticing it more.