Promising Young Woman

...is as confident as its protagonist, a film that’s willing to be a little messy and inconsistent in a way that reflects Cassie’s existence.

...on this evidence, Fennell is a promising young filmmaker indeed.

...Mulligan, who’s always given smart, delicately shaded performances (...) is an entirely different animal here: furious, damaged, ferociously funny.

Fennell is brilliant at pulling the rug out, not simply to reveal a bare floor, but a trapdoor into a nightmare...