Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Promising Young Woman
2020
*****
Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon

After a traumatic event in college, Cassie dropped out of medical school. Now 30, she works in a coffee shop by day and goes out at nights to entrap men who are ready to take advantage of drunk women. Emerald Fennell's feature debut is a deliciously nasty and funny black comedy, which offers a rather cynical view of the male species and their sense of entitlement. They are all monsters, or are they? This is what Cassie must asks herself when she attempts to put the past behind her and embark on a relationship with her former classmate. Fennell's Academy Award winning screenplay unfolds like a Hitchcockian thriller. Carey Mulligan gives a terrific performance in the lead.