Promising Young | Woman

But Promising Young Woman has no patience for nice guys. As Cassie digs deeper into the past, she discovers that Ryan, the sweet comedian who quotes poetry, was present the night Nina was assaulted. He watched. He did nothing. He laughed it off. When Cassie confronts him, his mask slips in one of the film’s most devastating scenes. He doesn't hit her. He doesn't yell. He just makes excuses: "We were kids." "Everyone thought it was a joke." "Why are you doing this?"

The film is not a manual for revenge. It is a mirror held up to society. It asks uncomfortable questions of its audience: Promising Young Woman