Review of Promising Young Woman

This film is unique and breakthrough in many ways. It is also a disturbing portrayal of all people in the film who are mean, vindictive, evil, and abusive. At one moment, the characters seem normal and the next minute they are evil. An entire group of friends turn out to be plain evil. This messy attempt at drama will make you sad and feel dark about humanity. The film give you 3 choices in life... Evil, psychotic vindictiveness, or total naivety. There are so many sloppy and illogical progressions that you have to assume much of this is farce. But, the director spends an immense amount of time and effort trying to convince you that each character is real and 100% authentic. This film will do well during awards season because it deals openly with serious topics of college life and turning your back on bad and criminal behavior. You might also wonder of enacting revenge is worth the risk of your life and family. Disturbing and dark this film might impact you, but it's also at risk of having the wrong impression on a large percentage of viewers by being sloppy filmmaking and a "music video" like approach to serious drama. 5/10 is generous if you compare this film to The Shawshank Redemption, a real 10/10.