Promising Young Woman

Plot

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

About Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman is a 2020 thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut. It stars Carey Mulligan as a woman who fakes intoxication to entrap men who rape drunk women. Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton feature 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 positive reviews from critics, with particular praise given to Mulligan's performance and to Fennell's direction and screenplay, 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.

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