Suspiciously unambitious Cassie (Carey Mulligan) leads a quiet existence as a barista who lives in her parents’ house since dropping out of medical school. She and her friendly boss, Gail (Laverne Cox), gab away days at the cafe. The way she spends her evenings, however, reveals a boiling vendetta. Men who cross her path are in serious danger, as beautiful and brutal Cassie seeks to heal from past trauma by doling out scathing lessons. When Ryan (Bo Burnham), a former classmate, re-enters her life, so does the possibility of healing — until new details about the death of her best friend infuriate Cassie and inspire her most potent confrontation yet.
Killing Eve’s Emerald Fennell brings her signature bite, wit and re-imagined femme fatales to make PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN a daring but dark inspiration. Fennell and her team paint a perversely heroic portrait and a eulogy to the loss of potential that occurs when male cruelty claims yet another promising young woman.
“PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN will have its feminist ending…But be warned that [director] Fennell has something dark in store for you…. When Fennell finally arrives at her inevitable conclusion, you will be caught off-guard by her narrative dexterity.” —Tomris Laffly, rogerebert.com “Carey Mulligan is electric… Actress-turned-writer-director Emerald Fennell swings for the fences with an unapologetically bold thriller rooted in the conversations about #MeToo, consent and slut-shaming.” —Monica Castillo, The Wrap “An incendiary revenge movie with a sugar-sweet shell…. Fennell’s film is a vibrant, stylistically precise piece of work.” —Alison Willmore, Vulture
