Asking for It

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Asking for It

R

Released Mar 4, 2022

1h 37m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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58%

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Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp lead a no-mercy all-femme gang in this edgy thriller. After a small town waitress (Clemons) is sexually assaulted on a date, she meets Regina (Shipp) and Beatrice (Hudgens) and is recruited into their vigilante group of badass women. Together they strive to take down a society overpowered by corrupt men and seek the ultimate revenge while getting their own version of justice.

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Susannah Gruder

indieWire

The film’s erratic editing tries to replicate character development, failing to align us with the main character as she begins her predictable hero’s journey.

Rated: C-

Mar 7, 2022

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Ciara Wardlow

RogerEbert.com

Asking for It is like a cheap puppet show -- everyone here feels like a flat paper cut-out, jerked helter-skelter by painfully obvious strings, mouthpieces for the man standing just behind the curtain.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 5, 2022

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

“Asking for It” is too much like its cardboard heroines: edgy on the outside, empty within.

Mar 4, 2022

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

While it depicts terrifying (and sadly relevant) examples of toxic masculinity and abuse, this movie seems satisfied being thin, shallow fluff, dancing thoughtlessly around serious matters.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 17, 2023

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John Serba

Decider

Asking for It is all posturing, setting up a neo-Old West showdown for our modern sexual political times, but it’s half-assed and a quarter-brained, a checklist of feminist-empowerment cliches and easy targets.

Jul 19, 2022

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Jesse Hassenger

Paste Magazine

Asking for It is made with sloppy overconfidence, a stunning bluff of both style and substance.

Rated: 1.2/10

Mar 15, 2022

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Edward N

You can tell when the cast doesn't want to do the movie. It's bad.....horribly written....horribly filmed......stupid premise...... i hate that i like some of the people ON OTHER MOVIES. they need to blacklist all the behind the scenes folks from Hollywood

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/01/23

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keasia H

You can tell they all cared and put their all into this movie!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/23

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The T

Loved it. But i hate that there was infighting. More should have been done to get justice. So inspired by citizen arrest justice.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/15/22

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Audience Member

Strong women taking back a previously male dominated and female exploiting genre 🤟🏻 all while making a point out of the exceedingly toxic male presence that still exists is the 21st century and remaining entertaining throughout 👏🏻

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

I honestly don't know why this movie has such a low rating. Maybe people are too scared to give it a higher rating because it speaks the truth that us woman who are victims of sexual violence and rape they just stand up for ourselves and we are stronger together. By the end of it I felt so inspired for what me and my daughter have been through and I now tell people who have been through the same to watch this, because this world is tainted, dirty cops, men who don't care. This movie gives our voices power. When we have been made to keep quiet.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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echo e

While Asking For It appears to be an accurate reflection of Liberal America the script and delivery of dialogue are painfully played out to leave you thinking that this movie is far more dumb-ass than kick-ass.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp lead a no-mercy all-femme gang in this edgy thriller. After a small town waitress (Clemons) is sexually assaulted on a date, she meets Regina (Shipp) and Beatrice (Hudgens) and is recruited into their vigilante group of badass women. Together they strive to take down a society overpowered by corrupt men and seek the ultimate revenge while getting their own version of justice.

Director: Eamon O'Rourke
Producer: Lee Broda, Kiersey Clemons, Luke Daniels, Ezra Miller
Screenwriter: Eamon O'Rourke
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Lucky 13 Productions, Beer Money Worldwide, LB Entertainment, Tunnel Post, Carte Blanche Film, Redwire Pictures, A Safe Way Forward, Jeff Rice Films
Rating: R (Nudity|Language Throughout|Disturbing and Violent Content|Sexual Material)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 4, 2022
Runtime: 1h 37m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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