‘"More than a documentary about campus sexual violence, ROLEPLAY is a damning window into the ways society reinforces rape culture."‘

‘"One of the best docs I’ve seen so far this year is Katie Mathews’ ROLEPLAY, a film that truly surprised me because it does what so few films like this are willing to do: It lets its subjects be messy, unpredictable, and human... Mathews has a deceptively subtle voice as a director, providing a supportive platform more than insisting on cinematic results. It leads to a film that’s all the more powerful by virtue of feeling so very real."‘

‘"In the vein of Robert Greene’s [Netflix Documentary] PROCESSION...the film is a behind-the-scenes look into the process of confronting these delicate memories and inhabiting the skins of the worst players on the everyday stage. Most importantly, it is about overcoming the difficulty of sharing these tales and finding the ears willing to listen."‘

‘"Refreshingly precise...captures the amorphous nature of conversations around sexual violence when everyone has different ideas about consent, arriving from different backgrounds and beliefs."‘

‘"A Must-See Film."‘

‘“The documentary Roleplay is magnificent. It does not preach — it engages. It inspires empathy. It shows rather than tells. Instead of the traditional self-righteousness, satisfying the desire to find easy answers, we watch a moral complexity that is far more challenging. It captures the variety and complexity of the student experience without seeming trite. The students in the film are so very human, flawed and worthy of compassion.”‘

‘“ROLEPLAY honestly portrays sex on campus and sexual identities in all their complexity and intersectional variety. But ROLEPLAY is more than a snapshot, it is a transformative pedagogical process that—through observing real students confront real situations—engages the audience in the process of meaning making and social change.”‘