Mal and Dani are estranged best friends who reunite at their friend’s wed­ding in Austin, each hop­ing to find vin­di­ca­tion for their col­lege choic­es that ruined their friend­ship. Dani, a ris­ing polit­i­cal star, hopes to help Mal get clo­sure from a sex­u­al assault that blew up their friend­ship, while Mal, a strug­gling author, wants to expose the truth of the secret vig­i­lante soci­ety the women built at col­lege. The women must choose between the per­son­al and polit­i­cal when the secret soci­ety crash­es, with dead­ly con­se­quences. Peo­ple Are Talk­ing high­lights sec­u­lar Jew­ish char­ac­ters and snap­py, wit­ty ban­ter that tries to find humor in the dark under­bel­ly of sex­u­al mis­con­duct on col­lege cam­pus­es and how any­one can be complicit.