From visionary director Emerald Fennell ("Killing Eve") comes a delicious new take on revenge. Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman...until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
Director
Emerald Fennell
Cast
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown
Rating
Year
2020
Country
USA
Language
English
Main Trailer
Reviews
- "PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN builds to a truly shocking climax that delivers Fennell’s themes with a dark and twisted sense of humour—and justice. It’s a clever and unexpected turn in a film full of surprises."
- Screen Daily - "Director Emerald Fennell complicates matters throughout, toying with our identification by pushing Cassie’s tactics into some uncomfortably nasty places, even as she slowly reveals her motives."
- The A.V. Club - "As satire, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN's first two acts are fun but broad: a winky, wildly stylized slice of girl-powered revenge porn. And Mulligan, who’s always given smart, delicately shaded performances in movies like "Far from the Madding Crowd" and "An Education" (she was great in 2018’s underseen "Wildlife") is an entirely different animal here: furious, damaged, ferociously funny."
- Entertainment Weekly
Awards
- Golden Globes nominee
- Sunset Film Circle Awards
Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival
- Luxembourg City Film Festival
- Glasgow Film Festival
- Wisconsin Film Festival