M.F.A

M.F.A directed by Natalia Leite and starring Francesca Eastwood is a very restrained rape/revenge exploitation film. While the story on the surface is very typical of your classic rape/revenge set up, a young art student is date raped and then proceeds to take down every rapist at her college who has gotten away with the crime unpunished.

Now that synopsis would lead you to believe that what you're in for is a gritty and violent ride but M.F.A is actually quite different from what you'd expect from the genre. It is first and foremost a social commentary on rape culture and how those in power turn a blind eye to sexual violence when compared with physical violence. 
It looks at the institutions which inadvertently enable sexual assault by ineffectively punishing the men who commit this crime.
I think it presents its subject well and actually rather tastefully considering the subject matter but as a film, message aside it's just ok.

Francesca Eastwood was the best thing about it by far, I really liked her as the lead Noelle however I think more could have been done with her character, for me with this type of film extremely gory cathartic violence is absolutely necessary and while I respect that the filmmaker wanted to go a different route, I can only give you my honest opinion that I feel she should have massacred the people responsible. I understand why that level of violence wasn't included, this is essentially a thinking persons rape/revenge movie and it does stand out from others like it because of its restrained approach. 

I think the intention of the filmmaker was purely to present you with the grim reality of rape on college campuses, particularly in America, where this sort of thing is sadly very common place. 
I think my issue with the lack of violence is that it does go into exploitation territory but doesn't fully commit to being a nasty exploitation film, after all films like I Spit On Your Grave and Straw Dogs manage to balance the audience's need for cathartic release with the point they're trying to make. 

While it wasn't a bad film, it felt more like a very well made student film as the acting from the supporting cast was adequate but forgettable and the dialogue was far too heavy handed in places for my liking. 

It has an important message but one that could have ultimately been surrounded by an all round better film, 
though by no means was it a bad movie.