Cassie reassures her that nothing happened. Madison confronts Cassie outside her house, desperate to know what happened after their lunch. She also apologizes to Ryan, and they fall in love. After visiting Nina's mother, who urges her to move on, Cassie abandons her revenge plans. Green, on leave from practicing law after a nervous breakdown following Nina's suicide, is remorseful, and Cassie forgives him. As they are walking out of the bar, they run into Ryan, who, not knowing what is really happening, is hurt.Ĭassie visits Jordan Green, Al's lawyer, who harassed Nina into dropping the charges. Cassie cancels a date with Ryan and instead again lures a man into taking her home. A terrified Walker apologizes for her inaction, and Cassie reveals Amber is safe at a diner. When Walker explains away her actions, Cassie tells her she dropped Amber off at a dorm room with drunk male students. Later, she meets Walker under the pretense of resuming her education and questions her about Nina's case. Cassie lures her teenage daughter, Amber, into her car by posing as a makeup artist for a popular band. With no memory of what happened, Madison leaves several distraught voicemails for Cassie, who does not answer them.Ĭassie next targets Elizabeth Walker, the school dean who dismissed Nina's case for "lack of evidence". Cassie gets Madison drunk and hires a man to take Madison to a hotel room. She meets another former classmate, Madison McPhee, who continues to deny that Nina was raped. She begins a plan to exact revenge on Al and others who are suspected of bearing responsibility for the rape. Now, Cassie spends her nights feigning drunkenness in clubs and bars, allowing unsuspecting men to take her to their homes and revealing her sobriety should they try to take advantage of her.Ĭassie goes on a date with another former classmate turned pediatric surgeon, Ryan Cooper, who mentions Al is getting married. There was no investigation by the school or consequences from the legal system, and Nina ultimately committed suicide. Seven years earlier, a classmate she believes to be Al Monroe raped her best friend, Nina Fisher. Fennell also won Best Original Screenplay at the Critics' Choice Awards, Writers' Guild Awards, and British Academy Film Awards.Ĭassie Thomas, a 30-year-old medical school dropout, lives with her parents and works at a coffee shop in Ohio. The film won Best Original Screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Mulligan), and Best Film Editing. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its screenplay, direction, and Mulligan's performance, and grossed $19 million worldwide. Promising Young Woman had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 25, 2020, by Focus Features. It also features Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton in supporting roles. It stars Carey Mulligan as a young unstable woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates balancing forgiveness and vengeance. Promising Young Woman is a 2020 black comedy thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut.
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