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Jan 15, 2021 · Reviews. Promising Young Woman. Brian Tallerico January 15, 2021. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. A woman at a bar appears incredibly intoxicated, falling over in her seat and barely able to keep her head up, when she’s noticed by three average guys.
A boldly provocative, timely thriller, Promising Young Woman is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Emerald Fennell -- and a career highlight for Carey Mulligan. Read Critics...
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Dec 24, 2020 · ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons. Carey Mulligan stars in this feminist revenge thriller that too often backs away from its potentially searing setup. Share full...
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Full Review | Sep 2, 2022. Zoë Rose Bryant Loud and Clear Reviews. Promising Young Woman is an incendiary investigation into the complexities of rape culture in America, led confidently...
- This candy-colored revenge-thriller offers deranged delights.
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By Kristy Puchko
Updated: May 25, 2021 5:28 pm
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 6:00 pm
IGN serves a global audience, so with Promising Young Woman opening in theaters Dec. 25, we are publishing our review from Kristy Puchko who watched the movie via digital screener. Read more on IGN's policy on movie reviews in light of COVID-19 here. IGN strongly encourages anyone considering going to a movie theater during the COVID-19 pandemic to check their local public health and safety guidelines before buying a ticket.
There's a rage that burns in the hearts of women wounded in a man's world. Again and again, we witness a battle of the sexes that puts our rights, bodies, and sanity in the crossfire. The he said/she said of it all tends to give him "the benefit of the doubt" or excuses sexual misconduct or violence as "boys will be boys," while she is victim-blamed for what she wore, where she was, and basically having a body that attracts men by its very existence. In Promising Young Woman, this battle is staged as a rape-revenge thriller, where an anti-heroine lights the match of this feminist rage, turning her body into a time-bomb that will burn down the bad men and the so-called "nice guys." The result is a film that is furious, subversive, darkly funny, and haunting.
Actress turned writer/helmer Emerald Fennell makes a blistering directorial debut with Promising Young Woman. Carey Mulligan stars as Cassandra Thomas, who spends her days working at a "shitty coffee shop" and her nights on the prowl for men. Like Amy Dunne of Gone Girl, she is both a dream girl and nightmare. Before heading out for an evening, Cassie takes on different looks, the harried businesswoman too drunk to stand on her own, the naïve jailbait with darling pigtails, and the party girl with sloppily smeared lipstick. Each time, some white knight sweeps in to be a hero (in his own mind). He scoops her up, back to his place for "one more drink," maybe some cocaine, maybe an unsolicited preview of his pretentious yet-to-be-written great American novel. Then, once she's passed out or too intoxicated to consent, he'll creep in with a probing tongue and wandering fingers. That is until Cassie drops the act, stares him down clear-eyed and smirking, and hisses, "What are you doing."
Emerald Fennell has channeled the zeitgeist of the Me Too movement into a daring thriller that critiques rape culture and the rape-revenge subgenre. She rejects the Male Gaze that would turn her protagonist's body and its violation into spectacle. While her film is rich in gallows humor, it never treats rape as a joke. The humor here punches up at ...
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Dec 26, 2020 · Review. 'Promising Young Woman' Is A Dark Comedy That Will Keep You On Your Toes. December 26, 20205:01 AM ET. Linda Holmes. Enlarge this image. Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie in...
