Prima Facia - 2022 - 7/10

Tessa is on top of the world, top of her game.
A defence barrister, she is young and accepts what is offered.
In most instances, the scummy, sleazy, unpleasant ones.
High among those, sexual abusers.
As with all lawyers, winning is paramount.
Guilt vs innocence? Please. Work the fabric of the law.
And Tessa is good. Her predators walk free.
Midway, tables turned, she finds herself on the other side of winner-take-all jurisprudence.
Jodie Comer is tour de force in this provocative, if weakly thought out drama.
The artifice of the “turn” in the play is evident and sloppy.
The average law school graduate takes the bar at 27. Tessa has been with the firm a few years.
Her errors, judgment and physical, are those of an 18 year old.
Exceptional acting, careless thought-out rationale.
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