of Kingsley Napley argues that, notwithstanding that the narrative was already flawed by its relatively short length, numerous legal matters were either misunderstood—that, for example, Natalie's accusations would only be taken seriously with backing evidence-omitted entirely, such as the fact that school-led investigations would usually be multi-agency led, or downplayed (for example, the role of social media was covered from the boys' perspective but would also have provided a forum for a backlash. Finally, Hardcastle argues, while we see Natalie make her report to the police, we then do not see the consequences on the numerous lives this would have gave impacted: "Perhaps the single biggest difference between Consent and real-life was the portrayal of certainty in circumstances where there often is none". Soma Sara, who founded the anti-rape website, Everyone's Invited, welcomed the film's release, stating in Glamour magazine that she saw it as restarting an urgent discussion in UK schools. The film was described by Morgan Cormack in The Radio Times as "one of the most important watches" of the year, based mainly on its approach to themes such as porn culture, sexual harassment and misogyny, but also on how it suggested the inability or unwillingness of staff to recognise the extent of the issue. Ellen E. Jones, writing in The Guardian considered that, in Consent, "there is a lot that is timely about... [it] and a lot that is horribly timeless". She also notes issues of race highlighted when, for example, Raffy—"his hair an apt shade of Slytherin blonde"—refers to the black, working-class Natalie as "trying to get Markled". She compared the film, in some of its issues, as akin to The Inbetweeners, but with a tragic aggressive rather than humorous, premise. A similar comparison was made by McBain, who—describing Raffy as "cartoonishly awful"—compares him to The Inbetweeners' Jay Cartwright, had the latter "been born into the Andrew Tate generation". Jones highlights Victor's careful portrayal, almost simultaneously, as both "a confused, fearful child and a dangerously self-pitying man". Jones argues that, while the film appears to end on a positive note—with Natalie having both the courage and the evidence to report her rape: External links Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and Colleges, Ofsted report of 10 June 2021. A Year On: the Government's update on the Ofsted review a year later in 2022. Notes References Bibliography 2023 films Films about rape in the United Kingdom Films