When I recently listed five films premiering at January’s Sundance I’m most anticipating, Promising Young Woman didn’t make the cut. But then they went and released a most thrilling trailer. In lieu of YES NO MAYBE SO, since I’m 120% yes I will list 5 reasons to get excited about this movie...
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Carey Mulligan duh! Always magnetic on screen. Sometimes underappreciated; where are her awards for Wildlife (2018)? Despite turning amazing work since her breakout in An Education (2009) she has yet to find that role that clicks again with audiences. Maybe this is the one.
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The premise has the making a crowd pleaser. Mulligan plays a talented med-school student driven out of her program after a bad incident who then seeks revenge on her assailant while hunting seemingly nice men who have no qualms about taking advantage of vulnerable women.
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The writer and director Emerald Fennell was the showrunner on the second season of Killing Eve. She’s also played young Camilla Parker Bowles on the third season of The Crown. Talk about a multi hyphenate.
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The “nice men” are played by a who’s who of actors whose faces might be recognizable yet whose names are sometimes elusive. Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade), Adam Brody (The O.C.), Chris Lowell (GLOW) and Sam Richardson (Veep).
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We don’t have to wait very long. Promising Young Woman premiers at Sundance and will come soon after on April 17th.
Check out the trailer:
Are you a Yes, No or Maybe So and why?