I saw "Promising Young Woman" with no idea of what it was, only that Carey Mulligan was in it. It is a sort of crime/thriller movie that becomes a horror type of thing. It has the female empowerment and messages of sexual assault, and being a bystander. Carey Mulligan does a very good job playing a twisted, creepy character, along with the charming Bo Burnham. I thought this movie was well done, it looks well put together despite it being sort of "indie" and had nice colors. The movie has a lot of twists and turns, and because of that it does go a little bit overboard. Structurally, it has a few problems, and could have easily been rewritten to become more of a drama/thriller instead of feeling like a horror movie at the end. When I say it went overboard, I mean that some of the choices made by our characters don't really make sense, especially in the third act. The third act has the most problems, it wraps up "nicely" and doesn't make a lot of sense. It gets pretty unrealistic in the last 30-45 minutes. Despite these flaws, "Promising Young Woman" is an entertaining and quite intense movie that is worth seeing.
Review of Promising Young Woman
