Promising Young Woman

Locations
Call Number: DVD Drama Promising
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Wide screen (2.39:1).
Special features: A promising vision; Two-sided transformation; Balancing act; feature commentary with Emrald Fennell.
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-plasse, Molly Shannon, Sam Richardson, Connie Britton, Steve Monroe, Casey Adams, Timothy E. Goodwin.
Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman, until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be. She's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living with a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story.
DVD, wide screen (2.39:1); Dolby digital 5.1 surround, English described video.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Consumed by Revenge submitted by kencza on June 13, 2021, 12:03am A captivating and well acted film, Carey Mulligan is superb as Cassie who is on a mission to right wrongs that
destroyed her best friend and profoundly changed her life as well. As she systematically confronts everyone involved
while getting involved with a love interest, eventually the wheels come off and mayhem ensues. The ride to the conclusion is full of surprises and brings a feeling of something less than sanity and a well thought out ending.

Just watch Jennifer's Body submitted by Lady Macbeth on June 27, 2021, 4:59pm Every actor, excluding Carey Mulligan, is wasted on these flat, boring characters. The whole movie is spectacularly contrived. There's a weird pointless montage in the middle that nearly made me quit. Nothing happened until the end, which seemed specially designed to make the victims, not the victimizers, uncomfortable.

I can't go into as much detail as I'd like, because I really do not want to be banned from the library website, but if you want to watch a movie about the toxic way our society treats young women, just watch Jennifer's Body

Promising Y.W. - a surprise ending! submitted by yufamily on August 25, 2021, 10:16pm Carey Mulligan delivers an Oscar worthy performance.

Oof. So dark submitted by manz on August 29, 2021, 12:57pm Dark! It really punches you in the gut. Women deserve more!

Powerful submitted by russelan on June 26, 2022, 8:12pm This is a dark, powerful, angry movie. I finished it and immediately wanted to watch it again. Carey Mulligan is excellent.