“Promising Young Woman” –Breaking Over and Over Again
Promising Young Woman, written and directed by Emerald Fennell, is a revenge thriller on a brutal topic–Don’t let the title mislead you. Cassie (Carey Mulligan), a 30-year old former medical student, is now a barista living with her parents In the opening scene we see a very inebriated Cassie barhopping and wandering the city streets at night.
The viewer doesn’t know why this bright and attractive woman is engaged in such risky, dangerous behavior. To say much more about the film’s artistic and courageous story would ruin it. But this is an...