Promising Young Woman is a new film starring Carey Mulligan. It is a black comedy thriller and one of the films that you should watch.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new film.
- Promising Young Woman is a 2020 American black comedy thriller film
- The film is written, produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell
- It is her feature directorial debut
- Margot Robbie serves as a producer through her LuckyChap Entertainment banner
- The film stars Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton
- It tells the story of a woman who seeks to avenge her best friend who was a victim of rape
- Promising Young Woman had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020
- It was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2020, by Focus Features
- The film received critical acclaim
- With particular praise for Mulligan’s performance and Fennell’s direction
- Emerald Fennell devised the concept of the film in 2017
- It sold the script to Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap Entertainment after pitching the opening scene
- In January 2019, it was announced Carey Mulligan had joined the cast of the film, with Fennell directing
- In March 2019, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sam Richardson, and Molly Shannon joined the cast
- Angela Zhou and Clancy Brown joined in April
- Principal photography began in Los Angeles on March 26, 2019,[8] lasting 23 days
- In February 2019, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film
- It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020
- It was initially scheduled to be released theatrically on April 17, 2020
- It was pulled from the schedule due to the closures of movie theaters that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic
- It was eventually released on December 25, 2020
- It was released on video on demand on January 15, 2021
- In the United States and Canada, Promising Young Woman was released alongside Wonder Woman 1984, News of the World, and Pinocchio
- It was projected to gross around $2 million in its opening weekend
- It went on to debut to just $680,000
- Finishing fifth at the box office
- Some 63% of the audience were female, and 74% were aged over 25
- The film dropped just 4% in its second weekend to $660,000
- It then made $560,000 in its third weekend
- On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92%
- Based on 272 reviews
- With an average rating of 8/10
- The site’s critics consensus reads: “A boldly provocative, timely thriller, Promising Young Woman is an auspicious feature debut for writer-director Emerald Fennell — and a career highlight for Carey Mulligan”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100
- Based on 38 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- PostTrak reported 73% of those gave the film a positive score
- With 43% saying they would definitely recommend it
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