2020 · 114 min · R

Promising Young Woman

Name: Promising Young Woman
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Released: 2020
Duration: 114 min
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge

Directed by Emerald Fennell · Thriller, Crime, Drama

Promising Young Woman (2020) is a Thriller film, directed by Emerald Fennell set in Ohio during the 2010s. It runs 114 minutes and is rated R.

A neo noir, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of revenge, betrayal, and obsession run throughout.

Composer

Anthony B. Willis

Cinematography

Benjamin Kračun

Cast

Carey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieClancy BrownJennifer CoolidgeLaverne CoxChris LowellMolly Shannon

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Ohio

Setting

Urban Suburban

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Premise

Neo Noir

Themes

RevengeBetrayalObsession

Tone

BleakTenseDarkly Comic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadFemale LedAntihero

Pacing

Measured

Based on

Pure Fiction

2002
25th Hour
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
1950
All About Eve
New York City — 1940s · 1950s
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1976
All the President's Men
Washington DC — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
1999
American Beauty
1990s
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes
2000
Amores Perros
Mexico City — 2000s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Promising Young Woman

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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