Promising Young Woman

⭐ 8.0/10

(Originally written by Joseph)

Whew, what an experience this one was. It's a recent movie that is up for some awards next month, and it's not hard to see why. The movie follows Carey Mulligan who is out for revenge after her friend was raped in college. Obviously, this is a big trigger-warning movie because it is not shy jumping right into that topic. It is incredibly difficult to watch, and that's the point. You'll probably feel uncomfortable the whole way through.

I thought this movie was great. It's really dark, but sometimes pretty funny and features great performances by Carey Mulligan and also surprisingly by Bo Burnham who I didn't know was a good actor? (Side note, I look up his wiki and was very jealous of all he's done at nearly my age...). This movie also adds a lot of intrigue with a mystery at the centre, and as details are slowly uncovered.

So this is a movie I really enjoyed but not one I would happily recommend to most. It's definitely a movie made for the 2020s, though I kinda felt like that was a weakness in that I felt like I was watching a movie written by every Twitter talking head. It also has a pretty bleak outlook towards men in general, which I guess I'm okay with? It could have perhaps used some touches of nuance, though I almost felt this movie was afraid of getting cancelled because again, it follows all the Twitter trends closely when it comes to this sensitive topic. It's a tough watch, yet I think a valuable one.