Synopsis
After a night of drinking and clubbing in Los Angeles, a young woman accuses a professional football player of rape, while he insists their encounter was consensual. The film reconstructs the preceding evening through conflicting memories and shifting viewpoints, following a group of friends and strangers whose conversations about sex, desire, and relationships expose the uncertainty surrounding what really happened.
Factoids & Trivia
- The film was originally titled "Jello Shots." The name was changed after Kraft Foods, owner of the Jell-O trademark, threatened legal action.
- The story is structured around contrasting accounts of the same night, giving the central incident a Rashomon-like quality rather than presenting a single objective version of events.
- Several characters speak directly to the camera in documentary-style interviews. These sections focus on their attitudes toward sex and dating and contrast with the dramatized scenes.
- The film was released theatrically in the United States on October 22, 1999, following an Austin Film Festival screening on October 7.
- New Line issued both an R-rated version and a longer unrated home-video version. The unrated cut runs approximately three minutes longer.
- The film was produced through Colomby/Keaton Productions, with Michael Keaton among the executive producers.
- Its theatrical run was limited, with reported US and Canadian box office earnings of approximately $752,000.