Promising Young Woman

Mulligan's withering disdain is a thing of beauty.

Whenever Promising Young Woman approaches challenging material, it treats it like a hot stove and snaps its hand back as if on instinct.

The plot definitely has less plausible patches. Then again, because everything's so stylised, the lapses of logic don't grate. And though the upbeat ending has irked some critics, I adored it.

Strong movies divide reactions. The great ones truly polarise. This is somewhere perfectly, smartly, sweetly in between.

An exquisite yet troubling film... Those looking for catharsis will not find it in Promising Young Woman.

Fennell cleverly mixes romantic comedy tropes with more serious issues to give us one of the most complex #MeToo narratives we've seen so far.

A tense-filled exploration into justice unfulfilled and vengeance unquenched.

Carey Mulligan's portrayal of Cassie is most certainly of Best Actress quality.

A major feminist statement in the form of a pop movie.

One of the most impressive directing debuts I've ever seen, and a film that will remain embedded in my mind for a long time. [Full review in Spanish]