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Promising Young Woman (2020)

★ 7.4 · 3,680 ratings on TMDB

Revenge never looked so promising.

Promising Young Woman poster★ 7.4

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

DirectorEmerald Fennell
CastAdam Brody, Alison Brie, Bo Burnham, Carey Mulligan, Chris Lowell, Clancy Brown
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Promising Young Woman keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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