Promising Young Woman
With stories of a ‘rape culture’ at many British schools very much in the headlines, Emerald Fennell’s new film couldn’t be more timely. Its towering triumph – both for Fennell, who writes and directs and has secured Oscar nominations for both and for its similarly nominated star, Carey Mulligan – is that despite the distressing subject matter, it couldn’t be more watchable.
From brilliant opening to an ending about which nothing should be said, this is the sad, funny, disturbing tale of the #MeToo generation of women finally getting their own back; man by abusive man.