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Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman is a 2020 film written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut. It stars Carey Mulligan as a troubled young woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates forgiveness and vengeance, with Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton in supporting roles. It incorporates film genres including black comedy, crime drama, feminist film, rape and revenge, and vigilante thriller.
Promising Young Woman had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2020, by Focus Features. It received highly positive reviews from critics, with Fennell's direction and screenplay and Mulligan's performance receiving widespread acclaim, and it grossed $18 million worldwide. The film won Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mulligan), and Best Film Editing. Fennell also won Best Original Screenplay at the Critics' Choice Awards, Writers' Guild Awards, and British Academy Film Awards.
The Writers Guild of America ranked the film's screenplay the 23rd greatest of the 21st century.
Thirty-year-old medical school drop out Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas lives with her parents and works in a coffee shop. At night, she visits bars pretending to be intoxicated, entrapping men to take her home before revealing her sobriety and confronting them. Cassie's actions are motivated by the trauma of her best friend, Nina Fisher, who was raped by their classmate Al Monroe while others watched and recorded the assault. When the university dismissed Nina's complaint, she dropped out and later committed suicide. Wracked with guilt, Cassie abandoned her studies and dedicated herself to punishing those who exploit or ignore women.
During one of her shifts, Cassie reconnects with Ryan Cooper, a former classmate who is now a pediatric surgeon. He expresses interest in her, and after initial hesitation, Cassie agrees to date him. Ryan's kindness appears to soften her outlook, and for the first time in years she begins to feel happy. When Ryan mentions that Al is soon to be married, Cassie's anger resurfaces. She decides to confront those who enabled Nina's assault and begins enacting a series of revenge plans.
Her first target is Madison McPhee, a former friend who dismissed Nina's story and blamed her for drinking too much. Cassie invites Madison to lunch, gets her drunk, and arranges for a man to take her to a hotel room, letting her believe she was assaulted. Madison later leaves Cassie frantic voicemails, shaken by the experience. Cassie next confronts Dean Elizabeth Walker, who oversaw Nina's case and dismissed it for lack of evidence. Pretending to be a talent scout, Cassie tricks the dean into thinking her daughter has been taken to the same dorm where Nina was attacked. When Walker becomes frantic, Cassie reveals her daughter is safe, forcing the dean to face her own indifference and misplaced trust in male students.
Cassie later visits Jordan Green, Al's former defense attorney, intending to punish him for discrediting Nina. Instead, she finds him guilt-ridden and remorseful. He breaks down and apologizes, saying he has taken a leave of absence after suffering a breakdown over his past actions. Moved by his sincerity, Cassie forgives him. Soon afterward, she visits Nina's mother, who pleads with her to let go of her anger and live her life, saying Nina would not have wanted Cassie to destroy herself in pursuit of vengeance.
Cassie resumes her relationship with Ryan, introducing him to her parents and beginning to heal. However, Madison later visits Cassie, distraught and regretful. She gives Cassie a phone containing the video of Nina's assault, revealing that Ryan was present at the party and watched the attack. Heartbroken, Cassie confronts him. Ryan claims he was too drunk to remember and pleads for forgiveness, but Cassie refuses. Threatening to release the video, she coerces him into revealing the location of Al's upcoming bachelor party.
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Promising Young Woman
Promising Young Woman is a 2020 film written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut. It stars Carey Mulligan as a troubled young woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates forgiveness and vengeance, with Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton in supporting roles. It incorporates film genres including black comedy, crime drama, feminist film, rape and revenge, and vigilante thriller.
Promising Young Woman had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2020, by Focus Features. It received highly positive reviews from critics, with Fennell's direction and screenplay and Mulligan's performance receiving widespread acclaim, and it grossed $18 million worldwide. The film won Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mulligan), and Best Film Editing. Fennell also won Best Original Screenplay at the Critics' Choice Awards, Writers' Guild Awards, and British Academy Film Awards.
The Writers Guild of America ranked the film's screenplay the 23rd greatest of the 21st century.
Thirty-year-old medical school drop out Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas lives with her parents and works in a coffee shop. At night, she visits bars pretending to be intoxicated, entrapping men to take her home before revealing her sobriety and confronting them. Cassie's actions are motivated by the trauma of her best friend, Nina Fisher, who was raped by their classmate Al Monroe while others watched and recorded the assault. When the university dismissed Nina's complaint, she dropped out and later committed suicide. Wracked with guilt, Cassie abandoned her studies and dedicated herself to punishing those who exploit or ignore women.
During one of her shifts, Cassie reconnects with Ryan Cooper, a former classmate who is now a pediatric surgeon. He expresses interest in her, and after initial hesitation, Cassie agrees to date him. Ryan's kindness appears to soften her outlook, and for the first time in years she begins to feel happy. When Ryan mentions that Al is soon to be married, Cassie's anger resurfaces. She decides to confront those who enabled Nina's assault and begins enacting a series of revenge plans.
Her first target is Madison McPhee, a former friend who dismissed Nina's story and blamed her for drinking too much. Cassie invites Madison to lunch, gets her drunk, and arranges for a man to take her to a hotel room, letting her believe she was assaulted. Madison later leaves Cassie frantic voicemails, shaken by the experience. Cassie next confronts Dean Elizabeth Walker, who oversaw Nina's case and dismissed it for lack of evidence. Pretending to be a talent scout, Cassie tricks the dean into thinking her daughter has been taken to the same dorm where Nina was attacked. When Walker becomes frantic, Cassie reveals her daughter is safe, forcing the dean to face her own indifference and misplaced trust in male students.
Cassie later visits Jordan Green, Al's former defense attorney, intending to punish him for discrediting Nina. Instead, she finds him guilt-ridden and remorseful. He breaks down and apologizes, saying he has taken a leave of absence after suffering a breakdown over his past actions. Moved by his sincerity, Cassie forgives him. Soon afterward, she visits Nina's mother, who pleads with her to let go of her anger and live her life, saying Nina would not have wanted Cassie to destroy herself in pursuit of vengeance.
Cassie resumes her relationship with Ryan, introducing him to her parents and beginning to heal. However, Madison later visits Cassie, distraught and regretful. She gives Cassie a phone containing the video of Nina's assault, revealing that Ryan was present at the party and watched the attack. Heartbroken, Cassie confronts him. Ryan claims he was too drunk to remember and pleads for forgiveness, but Cassie refuses. Threatening to release the video, she coerces him into revealing the location of Al's upcoming bachelor party.