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Promising Young Woman disappointed

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Scooterquestions · 12/01/2024 19:35

I might be too late for anyone to discuss, I have only just watched it.

i had a vague notion that it was empowering turning things on their head stuff approach to sexual assault so put it in. I was loving it and then the final part left me feeling dreadful.

I’ve been reading through some other threads and see there are many views. I wanted a film for women, I was loving the fantasy. The revenge. I’m so cross she died and bizarrely annoyed by the whole thing!

Carey Mulligan is great though.

i wonder if anyone else has watched recently and has thoughts or might help me feel less annoyed!

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ZeldaFighter · 24/01/2024 10:55

I watched it after reading this thread. I've watched "I Spit On Your Grave" and "Handgun" so rape revenge is a thing. Could also include "Kill Bill" as violent female revenge.

I enjoyed it and also thought Carey Mulligan was brilliant. I was not shocked by the ending (from the spoilers here) but I appreciated the fact that a desperate man could kill a woman literally with one arm tied behind his back.

Her final revenge was brilliant but needing to die to get revenge is very common. Revenge is a dead end - protagonists often die to get it, either physically or spiritually. Although the man survived in Silent Night, his wife left him and his real life collapsed.

MarjorieDanvers · 23/01/2024 19:47

I thought it was a great movie - I like a thought provoking film. Was expecting great things from Saltburn and was sadly disappointed.

ManchesterBea · 23/01/2024 18:48

Amazing movie.

CatPancake · 12/01/2024 22:02

GCAcademic · 12/01/2024 20:35

I was upset for days after watching it. But I think if she’d lived to see and enjoy the revenge on those men it would have been a pretty naive film.

Same

theconfidenceofwho · 12/01/2024 21:27

GCAcademic · 12/01/2024 20:35

I was upset for days after watching it. But I think if she’d lived to see and enjoy the revenge on those men it would have been a pretty naive film.

I agree with this.

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Scooterquestions · 12/01/2024 20:48

I felt really quite awful. But maybe that’s just how it is rather than because it was a bad ending.

i wanted something uplifting/empowering. My mistake.

i am now watching the wonderful Sarah Lancashire.

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GCAcademic · 12/01/2024 20:35

I was upset for days after watching it. But I think if she’d lived to see and enjoy the revenge on those men it would have been a pretty naive film.

TheMarzipanDildo · 12/01/2024 20:33

I really enjoyed it and thought the ending was right, but it was very upsetting.

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Scooterquestions · 12/01/2024 20:19

Yes I’m just reading some online articles around that. Odd thing is, I like films but don’t think I have watched anything or was even really aware of rape revenge as a genre. It’s interesting reading.

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NewDogOwner · 12/01/2024 20:07

Fennell said that she wanted to subvert rape revenge film tropes and that it wasn't realistic that a hot woman in a mini skirt could realistically take on a man and come out on top. She called this ending rape revenge realism. I found it both infuriating as you want her to come out on top but also, really powerful when you realise that Cassie's behaviour was so damaging to her; it's a reminder of why women don't take physical revenge on men.

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