On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a customer.
Acting
Ann Dowd's crumbling conviction as Sandra is devastating.
Direction
Zobel traps you in fluorescent-lit claustrophobia with no escape.
Writing
Dialogue so mundane it makes the horror feel inevitable.
Director
Craig Zobel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real case involved over 70 similar incidents across 30 states before anyone was caught. The scammer was a Florida corrections officer.
Zobel screened this at Sundance where audiences literally shouted at him during Q&As, accusing him of exploitation — mirroring the film's themes of complicity.
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