This is not necessarily a good or bad thing, but it is a thing, and it’s part of the reason that “Promising Young Woman” lands like a lightning strike. A black comedy told in pastels, “Promising Young Woman” casts Mulligan as Cassie, a disaffected med school dropout whose life has never been the same since her best friend was raped in college. Before the pandemic scuttled its original spring release, “Promising Young Woman” had a buzzy debut in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Although “Promising Young Woman” earned its fair share of raves at Sundance, Variety seemed stumped by the movie and strongly implied that Mulligan had been miscast. “I just don’t think that’s really what storytelling or acting needs to be about,” she said.

Source: bd News24 December 27, 2020 04:18 UTC