Promising Young Woman

 

Promising Young Woman 2020

• Director: Emerald Fennel
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Carey Mulligan – Suffragette, Far from the Madding Crowd, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby, Never Let Me Go, Public Enemies, An Education, Doctor Who
• Clancy Brown – Hail Caesar, probably other films
• Jennifer Coolidge – something, I’m sure
• Why? Rave reviews
• Seen: 7 April 2023      

       Cassie (Mulligan) is thirty years old and still living with her parents, a medical school dropout working in a coffee shop. She goes out every weekend dressed in sexy clothes, pretends to be too drunk to stay awake, lets herself be helped by nice guys who take her home and when they think she’s comatose and start to have sex with her she snaps to and confronts them. Then tallies them in a little notebook.

       An old classmate from med school Ryan (Burnham) happens into the coffee shop. They become friends again and she seems to be getting over her troubled past, her bitterness and need for revenge.

       It’s creepy, suspenseful, well-acted and it carries a very obvious, angry and necessary message.

       And what an ending.

       It’s Mulligan’s best film since Never Let Me Go. Do not miss this one. 

5* of 5