PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN - MOVIE REVIEW

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Promising young woman is directed by Emerald Fennel. This is her first film and it stars Carrie Mulligan as a woman who is on the hunt. A tragic event happened to her in the past and she has taken it upon herself to search out people that she could potentially teach a lesson to in a way.

This path gets very dark as she meets a young man played by Burnham they start to fall in love. This lifestyle she has been leading, gets in the way of that Carrie Mulligan easily gives one of her best performances. Maybe my favorite performance I'v ever seen from her in this film. She is very funny, She has found a perfect balance between someone who is very emotional about one specific thing that she cares about deeply but she hides it. She doesn't want to show that to anyone. We know from frame one how important it is to her because she is that good.

I also love the look of the film, the colors really pop. It's like candy. Everything has this sweet glossy vibe to it, despite the dark subject matter.

Since the film is not out right now i don't want to give you too many details but the film is very unpredictable there's times where i felt like i knew exactly where the movie was going and it would go in a different direction they often use roman numerals to signify when something important is about to happen and you start to anticipate something

Whenever you see a new number added to the screen there's a lot of i guess glorified cameos not not really cameos there's a lot of bit parts from well-known actors specifically Alfred Molina is excellent in just a handful of moments. He's really good in the film. The film was a little tonally inconsistent but in a way that wasn't too bothersome. For instance, in one scene the characters are in a pharmacy dancing to Paris Hilton and in another you're hearing about the darkest and most horrific thing that could happen to somebody.

In another scene, there'll be an orchestral version of Britney spears toxic. The film definitely swings for the fences and most of the time it connects except for the last 10 minutes.

I loved 80% of this movie. I'm gonna give promising young woman a b-plus.