Review of Promising Young Woman (2020) by Christiansurnam — 22 Apr 2021
If you've seen the trailer to this movie, you've been cheated even before you see a second of the actual film (i.e., the trailer implies one plot, while the movie has another ...). With this stated, let's discuss "the flick".
About the only thing good about it is Carey Mulligan's magnificent, Oscar nominated performance (spoiler alert, she's not gonna win this time, but she will eventually). Most of the other performances are so poor that you aren't sure if this is supposed to be thriller or a parody (and that's the DIRECTOR'S FAULT).
The subject matter of this film is no joke, yet the script treats it in a less than compelling way. For the first 30 minutes, I found myself repeatedly saying, "this is shyte". Then, for the briefest of moments, the plot finally begins to build into something that "might" prove engaging and thus worth watching.
But, alas, it doesn't last and I was back to saying the "shyte" word again. I will only further state that the climax and denouement are incredibly "disappointing". So, from preview to closing credits, this film is a stinker (may have something to do with the "shyte" in between).
This review of Promising Young Woman (2020) was written by Christiansurnam on 22 Apr 2021.
Promising Young Woman has generally received positive reviews.
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