The #MeToo movement was at its peak during the late 2010s, with high-profile people in the entertainment industry and elsewhere starting to be held accountable for prior sexual assaults and/or sexual harassment. A few movies, like The Assistant and Bombshell , confronted the issue while it was still garnering headlines, making the films themselves feel even more important.
The new film After the Hunt seems to have an appropriate title, as it’s a fictional look back at the culture during that time from the perspective of the current day. Alma Imhoff (Julia Roberts) and Hank Gibson (Andrew Garfield) are professors at Yale University in the same department. They are both very friendly with Alma’s TA, Maggie Price (Ayo Edebiri), even inviting her and other students to Alma