Promising Young Woman, 2020.
Directed by Emerald Fennell.
Starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, and Laverne Cox.
Carey Mulligan gives her fiercest performance today in Promising Young Woman, a new bold new film from Emerald Fennell. Our critic EJ Moreno dives into all the madness of this possible Academy Awards contender! While the film will likely anger some viewers, EJ discusses how the film works best when it takes down everyone in its path.
SEE ALSO: Read our written review of Promising Young Woman here
Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman… until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be: she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
Joining Mulligan in the cast of Promising Young Woman are Laverne Cox, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chris Lowell, Sam Richardson, Molly Shannon, and Clancy Brown.