Emerald Fennell's raucous debut, "Promising Young Woman", twists its buzzword-laden, spoiler-free synopsis -- it’s a #MeToo rape revenge thriller with bite! -- into something fresh and totally wild
Emerald Fennell's film is a vibrant, stylistically precise piece of work, but the sentiments it conveys don't feel examined. It's an acceleration off a cliff when what you'd really like to see is some kind of road forward, no matter how rough
Carey Mulligan, who's always given smart, delicately shaded performances in movies like "Far from the Madding Crowd" and "An Education" is an entirely different animal here: furious, damaged, ferociously funny