Teenage angst and dark humor collide as a new student upends high school hierarchy with deadly satire.
Campy and bleak, with dark satire. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video, Pluto TV (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence.
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A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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