Five teenage girls throw a party to destroy a man. The cake is a lie.
Having gone too far this time, Colby is dealt with by five manipulative teenage girls in their own unique way, an absurd party.
Acting
Rinehart's Natalie drips with calculated menace.
Direction
Rubino stretches 18 minutes into eternal unease.
Writing
Barthelme adaptation keeps literary absurdity intact.
Director
Charles Christopher Rubino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Donald Barthelme's 1973 short story, a staple of experimental American fiction courses.
The 2015 release coincided with peak 'cancel culture' discourse—intentional timing that reframes the girls as both vigilantes and bullies.
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