Carey Mulligan broke through with an Oscar nomination in 2009 for “An Education” when she was just 23-years-old, filling the classic ingenue slot that has persisted through academy history. Considering the career she has had since “An Education,” one might have expected a follow-up nomination in the years since, but she still has yet to earn that elusive second bid. This might finally change thanks to “Promising Young Woman,” the buzzy new Focus Features film by writer-director Emerald Fennell that is netting Mulligan some of the best reviews of her career.
In “Promising Young Woman,” Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who, as the title suggests, was a promising young medical student only for that potential to be ripped away after a traumatic event. She seeks revenge by cleverly manipulating men at night until her world is shaken and she proceeds down a dangerous path to find the closure she craves. It...
In “Promising Young Woman,” Mulligan plays Cassie, a woman who, as the title suggests, was a promising young medical student only for that potential to be ripped away after a traumatic event. She seeks revenge by cleverly manipulating men at night until her world is shaken and she proceeds down a dangerous path to find the closure she craves. It...
- 12/26/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
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