Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.
Acting
Siobhan Fallon Hogan's controlled unraveling is masterclass.
Direction
Muasya keeps you complicit in Barbara's choices.
Writing
The documentary-within-film structure guts you twice.
Director
Vibeke Muasya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid real hazing death headlines, the film weaponizes true-crime documentary aesthetics to implicate viewers as voyeurs.
Siobhan Fallon Hogan co-wrote the script after a real case near her hometown; Robert Patrick joined specifically to subvert his 'Terminator' tough-guy image as the helpless father.
US
