Review: Carey Mulligan mesmerizes in ‘Promising Young Woman’
by Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 22, 2020 10:11 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 10:14 am EDT
Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century “Fatal Attraction”? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy?
None of the above and all of the above. Which is to say: a film as bracingly original as Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” defies labels.
Here’s a couple good adjectives, though: Startling the only way to describe Fennell’s vision and execution in this, her directorial debut. And, sensational a word that only begins to capture Carey Mulligan’s lead performance.
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Jocelyn Noveck December 22, 2020 - 7:11 AM
Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century âFatal Attractionâ? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy?
None of the above â and all of the above. Which is to say: a film as bracingly original as Emerald Fennellâs âPromising Young Woman defies labels.
Hereâs a couple good adjectives, though: Startling â the only way to describe Fennellâs vision and execution in this, her directorial debut. And, sensational â a word that only begins to capture Carey Mulliganâs lead performance.
Weâve seen Mulligan command the screen before, and witnessed her consistently fearless stage work. But the tonal balancing act she conquers in this audacious, disconcerting film is something new entirely, and one wonders how many actors could even dream of pulling it off. Itâs been a decade since