Top billed cast

1. 

   Julia Roberts

   Alma Imhoff

2. 

   Ayo Edebiri

   Maggie Resnick

3. 

   Andrew Garfield

   Hank Gibson

4. 

   Michael Stuhlbarg

   Frederik Mendelssohn

5. 

   Chloë Sevigny

   Dr. Kim Sayers

6. 

   Thaddea Graham

   Katie

7. 

   Will Price

   Arthur

8. 

   Christine Dye

   Patricia

9. 

   Lio Mehiel

   Alex

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-10-26

Set amidst the intellectually rarefied environment of some university philosophers, I thought this might have had some similarities to “Tár” (2023) when a student makes an unsubstantiated accusation against one of her teachers and, well you know what they say about mud sticking. Sadly not, though, as this seems intent on avoiding dealing in any depth with any of the potentially interesting points that it raises. Acclaimed professor “Alma” (Julia Roberts) is seeking tenure, has an unique sort of marriage with psychiatrist “Frederik” (Michael Stuhlbarg) and has a very tactile rappor...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$70,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,426,825.00

Keywords

• husband wife relationship
• philosophy
• narcissism
• plagiarism
• yale university
• female protagonist
• psychological thriller
• ulcer
• generation gap
• sexless marriage
• sexual assault
• college professor
• academia
• accusation
• complex
• malicious
• 2010s
• student mentor relationship
• affair
• philosophy professor
• tenure
• ambiguous
• ambivalent
• complicated
• impartial