WATCH PARTY: Promising Young Woman (2020) Emerald Fennell @ Mary Pretlow Library
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From Emerald Fennell, the director of Saltburn (2023) and the upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2026) starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. (This movie won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay! I didn't know that.)
We will be in the 2nd floor conference room, to the left as you get off the elevator/stairs.
RUNTIME: 113 minutes
SYNOPSIS: Nothing in Cassie's (Carey Mulligan) life is what it appears to be -- she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
BLURBS:
"Strong movies divide reactions. The great ones truly polarise. This is somewhere perfectly, smartly, sweetly in between." - Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)
"Promising Young Woman may not always be subtle but it is extremely effective, and the result is viscerally uncomfortable viewing, especially for anyone who likes to think of themselves as 'a nice guy'." - Raphael Abraham, Financial Times
"Say this much for Fennell: She is incapable of pulling punches. Even when they're swaddled in the puffiest, fuzziest of gloves, her blows land with gut-wrenching force." - Anne Hornaday, Washington Post