Promising Young Woman

[Brian in Mesa]

Promising Young Woman

Release Date: April 17, 2020
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Emerald Fennell
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence including sexual assault, language throughout, some sexual material and drug use
Screenwriter: Emerald Fennell
Genre: Drama, Comedy

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon

Plot Summary: Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman until a tragic event abruptly derailed her future. Now she’s a medical school drop-out, living at home with her worried parents and working at a coffee shop with a concerned boss. It seems like she is at a standstill, except for the double life Cassie leads at night.

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[Brian in Mesa]

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[Stout]

Looks like a fantastic movie. Hope I get to see it.

 

[BigRedRage]

the previews of this tell you nothing about the movie. had to google the plot to find out I was interested.

 

[JerkFace]

Very good in a dark, f**ked up way.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Just got a screener of this. Stoked. Was hoping I’d get one. Prob watch this weekend.

 

[Stout]

This was...I don't want to say a lot of "fun" to watch. This was...uncomfortably good. Makes you squirm in the seat and feel awkward. This movie also wasn't exactly what I was expecting, so the feeling that I knew everything by watching the preview was good. Yes, some of it was quite predictable, but damn, was it a good watch. The directing in particular was spot on, but the acting and writing weren't far behind at all. Glad I forked out the dough.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Really good movie. My only complaint was I got totally taken out of the movie when Max Greenberg went full Schmidt from New Girl at the end.

 

[Bada0Bing]

Fantastic film.

The very first scene writer Emerald Fennell thought of was a female character lying on a bed while someone takes her pants down, as she is drunkenly asking "What are you doing?", then asking the same question in a completely sober manner. She wrote the rest of the film based on this idea, and the full scene did end up in the finished film.

That was the moment I knew I was in for a wild ride.

 

[AzStevenCal]

From what I'm reading here it doesn't seem like my kind of movie but I really like Carey Mulligan so I'll probably give it try soon.