Actress turned writer/director Emerald Fennell made a big splash at Sundance back in January with âPromising Young Woman.â Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan garnered instant awards attention for a performance thatâs unlike anything else in her filmography.
âPromising Young Womanâ is an original script thatâs part satirical revenge flick and whole hardily a conversation starter. Aside from Mulliganâs performance, the appeal here is Fennellâs atypical, undefinable story.
âPromising Young Woman,â like itâs leading character, is often at odds with itself, which produces some insightful, creative and surprising elements. While Mulligan is often typecast as the strong-willed woman in period dramas like âSuffragette,â âFar from the Madding Crowdâ and âNever Let Me Go,â she never plays the stereotypical wife or love interest.
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