Thanks to the strength of King’s voice, Zola feels even more authentic: a significant feminist work that’s as entertaining as it is educational.

The filmmakers, writers and cast are so criminally funny they should all be hailed for shining a light on a serious subject and then arrested by the vice squad for their naughty humor.

All in all, the tale of what happened in the aftermath of her extended saga sounds a lot more fun than the adventure itself.

The cast is uniformly excellent. Taylour Paige grounds the story simply by keeping still and quiet when everything around her starts going crazy, a choice that quietly underlines that in this quartet of losers, she is the single most at-risk person.