Promising Young Woman
critic Reviews
, 91% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A boldly provocative, timely thriller, Promising Young Woman is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Emerald Fennell -- and a career highlight for Carey Mulligan.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter TraversABC News
In filmmaker Emerald Fennell's diabolically funny takedown of toxic masculinity, Carey Mulligan gives a dynamite performance that should make her a frontrunner in the Oscar race for Best Actress.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRadheyan SimonpillaiNOW Toronto
Manipulative and nihilistic, it forces a ruthlessly honest performance from Carey Mulligan to play along with its provocative, booby-trapped plot that comes riddled with "gotcha" moments.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreStephanie ZacharekTIME Magazine
This is lip-gloss misanthropy packaged as feminist manifesto, clever but not smart, cynical without being perceptive or particularly passionate. Women are angry for good reason. They also deserve better movies than this one.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
A smart, provocative, pitch-black dark comedy and revenge movie with an astonishingly powerful, deeply layered performance by Carey Mulligan as Cassie...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCandice FrederickElle
Promising Young Woman is more profoundly a devastating reflection of a woman consumed with grief.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSarah HagiGlobe and Mail
Fennell builds a backward fantasy that feels ultimately cathartic in a very real way, but where its opening tone comes across as far too light for the palpable gravity of its ending.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatt HudsonWhat I Watched Tonight
A genuinely great movie that's full of surprises, well-placed comedy, and a ton of satisfying and shocking moments in what is a fabulous debut offering from Emerald Fennell.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBeth AccomandoKPBS.org
Promising Young Woman has some frustrating inconsistencies but it presents a fresh female perspective and marks a very promising debut for Fennell.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGrant HermannsComingSoon.net
"A career-defining performance from Mulligan and phenomenal writing and stylish direction from Fennell in her feature debut."
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSadaf AhsanNashville Scene
Promising Young Woman, then, unabashedly offers the bitch-in-sheep's-clothing trope. In its intentionality, it works.
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