Eliza De La Cruz has just been promoted to her dream job as Director of Admissions at the prestigious Wilder University. But it does not take long before she is besieged with cutthroats and back-stabbers seeking her demise. Her life is also complicated with an affair she is having with a married Senator. She then meets his psychopathic family. Ms. De La Cruz, welcome to the vipers' nest!
There were some jaw-dropping moments when Eliza was introduced to the reprobate Nathan, the son of the Senator James Holbroke with whom Eliza is entangled. The son was awarded a spot in a competitive Wilder academic program. But he plagiarized his essay and now threatens Eliza with a knife in the family home. And the father seems to take his side against Eliza!
By the midpoint of the film, it made no sense that Eliza would continue to consort with James or any member of his troubled clan. The film then imploded with a most improbable and incomprehensible ending in which nothing is satisfactorily resolved.
In the end, the characters were so unpleasant and their motivations so despicable that one wonders what was the style the filmmakers intended. Dark comedy? Satire? Horror? It was really a curious admixture of all three.
There were some jaw-dropping moments when Eliza was introduced to the reprobate Nathan, the son of the Senator James Holbroke with whom Eliza is entangled. The son was awarded a spot in a competitive Wilder academic program. But he plagiarized his essay and now threatens Eliza with a knife in the family home. And the father seems to take his side against Eliza!
By the midpoint of the film, it made no sense that Eliza would continue to consort with James or any member of his troubled clan. The film then imploded with a most improbable and incomprehensible ending in which nothing is satisfactorily resolved.
In the end, the characters were so unpleasant and their motivations so despicable that one wonders what was the style the filmmakers intended. Dark comedy? Satire? Horror? It was really a curious admixture of all three.