Aesthetically this movie is superb, the medieval setting feels genuine and the performances are brilliant. The only thing that prevented this movie from becoming a classic is the writing structure. Instead of building an interesting plot that stems from the rape accusation, the movie decides to split itself into three flashbacks where the rape itself is played out and interpreted slightly differently by the three main characters. This feels like a very elementary style of writing as it completely skips over any complex investigative work in favour of simply showing the audience the rape. If the writer wanted to prove without a doubt that the rape really happened, this could've been done in a much smarter way without actually showing it, for example:

*minor spoilers*

Before the rape, there was a scene where Adam Driver's character is performing rape-play with a group of prostitutes, in both that scene and the actual rape scene he says a line "You can run, but I will only chase you". What if we never saw the rape scene and the only evidence we had against him was the rape-play scene. Jodie Comer's character is instructed by the judge to recount the events leading up to the rape. At the very end she tells the court "then he told me, I can run, but he would only chase me". Imagine how much of an "OH SHIT" moment that would've been for the audience especially if we had been led to doubt Comer's accusation.

Without any script writing experience I've already written a superior plot while sitting at my computer butt ass naked. What a shame, so much wasted potential in this movie.