Promising Young Woman

POSITIVES…

  • This dark; so very dark, premise and plot really just grabs you by the balls, immediately right from the opening sequence. 

  • Plot momentum and pacing just keeps moving, keeping me captivated by what’s going to happen next.

  • Carey Mulligan is amazing in a tour de force performance as Cassie. 

  • Bo Burnham is charming as heck as Ryan. 

  • Supporting cast is excellent. Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Alison Brie, Chris Lowell, Max Greenfield, Alfred Molina, and so many more.

  • Scenes involving Cassie and her "victims." Just wow. 

  • That final act. Also, wow.

  • Thematically and unrelentingly in your face with the commentaries this story is making. 

  • Provocative, in a modern day revenge-fantasy exploitation flick kinda way. 

  • Song choices are fantastically inspired.

NEGATIVES…

  • Plot can be a bit incredulous at times. 

  • There are a couple of cliche tropes and conveniences that I wished was not in this movie. 

  • Can be accused of being biased, one sided, or just too heavy handed.

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