{"id":21978,"date":"2021-01-15T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2021-01-15T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:07:31","slug":"promising-young-woman-effectively-updates-the-revenge-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=21978","title":{"rendered":"PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Effectively Updates the Revenge Flick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/24_0009_B-merged.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14439\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This film will be available to rent on streaming services\nFriday, January 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Movies involving characters doling out justice and getting\nrevenge on crooks are fairly common, but the new film <em>Promising Young Woman<\/em>\nattempts to update and modernize the formula, as well as infuse some dark\ncomedy into the proceedings. Admittedly, it can be a bit on-the-nose in its\nattempts to deal with the issues at hand, but thanks to this new spin and a\nphenomenal leading performance, the results are impressive and make a lasting\nimpression.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/promising-young-woman-carey-mulligan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21980\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassandra \u201cCassie\u201d Thomas (Carey Mulligan) is a solitary ex-med\nstudent whose life has seemingly been on hold for 10 years. This is all a\nresult of a horrible incident on campus involving a close friend which caused the\nprotagonist to drop out of school and disappear from view. Now working in a\ncoffee shop, her focus has dramatically changed. She secretly goes into various\nnightclubs and pretends she is intoxicated, eventually surprising any creep who\nattempts to take advantage of her. When Cassie runs into a graduate from the\nsame medical institute named Dr. Ryan Cooper (Bo Burnham), a relationship develops.\nHowever, it also puts the lead back into contact with those responsible for the\ntragedy. As she seeks retribution and learns more details about what happened, Cassie\nbecomes even more determined in her pursuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie relies on a unique and grim sense of humor as Cassie\npulls schemes on her unsuspecting targets. The movie also earns a couple of\nchuckles from the lead\u2019s baffled parents (Jennifer Coolidge and Clancy Brown),\nwho don\u2019t recognize the trauma their daughter has experienced and awkwardly try\nto inspire her to move forward. As one might expect, things take an edgier tone\nwhen the lead meets old acquaintances who are still making excuses for the\ninciting incident years ago. In many cases, Cassie devises similar scenarios for\nthem to make them experience the same fear and terror as the victim of the\noriginal crime. A few of these bits require some suspension of disbelief, but many\nare clever and effective in their execution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/promising-young-woman-makie-up-1024x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21981\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Managing a tone that addresses disturbing subject matter\nwith a bright, glossy color palate (which also contrasts the actions of the\nvillains) and heavy doses of humor is incredibly difficult. Mulligan deserves a\nremarkable amount of credit for selling this challenging role. Yes, this is a\ncharacter possessing inner fury and contempt who is acting out against a select\ngroup of individuals. However, there are far more facets to the role. Not only\nmust the performer depict the character creating various guises for herself and\nthreatening her pursuers, but also includes contending with disapproval from\nher eccentric parents and and a budding romance that begins to melt her\nexterior coldness. It\u2019s a challenging part that is impressively handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/promising-young-woman-pharmacy-fixed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21982\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, with so many elements at play there are a few minor issues here and there. The meet-cute between the lead and her love interest involving playful banter occasionally comes across as overly exaggerated (even if the intention may have been to poke fun at rom-coms by adding decidedly ickier elements to their early encounters). And a couple of the nasty guys are so over-the-top in their horribleness it\u2019s hard to relate them to the real world. Additionally, the movie also delivers its message in a very blunt and direct manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless, the lead actress is fantastic and the message is\nan admirable one\u2026 and it is at times entertaining to see the protagonist take\nher vengeance out on those responsible for treating a young woman so horribly.\nAs such, <em>Promising Young Woman<\/em> is largely successful update on the\nrevenge flick and is a film that should linger in the brain a little longer\nthan others of its ilk. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This film will be available to rent on streaming services Friday, January 15th. Movies involving characters doling out justice and getting revenge on crooks are fairly common, but the new film Promising Young Woman attempts to update and modernize the formula, as well as infuse some dark comedy into the proceedings. Admittedly, it can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[198,3215,3903,4465,5213,6251,10567,16436,16437,16438,16439,16931,17693],"class_list":["post-21978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-198","tag-bo-burnham","tag-carey-mulligan","tag-clancy-brown","tag-dark-comedy","tag-drama","tag-jennifer-coolidge","tag-promising-young-woman","tag-promising-young-woman-film-review","tag-promising-young-woman-movie-review","tag-promising-young-woman-review","tag-revenge","tag-satire"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}