When the camera follows a young woman as she staggers around a bar, slurring her words, she is conventionally marked out as a victim. This is the subversive premise of the directorial debut from the British actress, screenwriter and author Emerald Fennell. At the Sundance film festival, where Promising Young Woman premiered this January, critics were ambushed by its unusual, dark tone. Others, including the Hollywood News reviewer, have been less convinced by Mulligan as a malignant siren but are still intrigued by Fennell’s film. And, rather like Hart, Fennell has been tweeting during the current lockdown in an attempt to distract and amuse her followers.

Source: The Guardian March 29, 2020 06:00 UTC