It is quite hard to review this film from a male perspective. ![]() However, the most eye-opening film about this particular American subculture remains Andrew Neel’s Goat (2016). So much so that you would think casting Jennifer Coolidge, who plays Stifler’s Mom in the American Pie’ s, as Cassie’s mom is very intentional. Her deconstruction of frat boy culture and the systems that protect such a toxic subculture is very clever. A scene between Cassie and her former college Dean, played by Connie Britton, is a particular highlight. The film is particularly eloquent on the point that it is usually the male that gets the protection when it comes down to a ‘he said, she said’ scenario. An imbalance that is trying to be rectified over the past several years through the #metoo movement. It is to highlight the imbalance of power between men and women, especially when it comes to consent. Her sense of detachment stems from a past trauma which cannot be revealed here, but suffice it to say it is linked to Cassie’s late night, vigilante crusade against the male of the species. She lives at home with her worried parents. Cassie, as mentioned before, is 30 and directionless. However, in a film where Fennell is constantly pulling the rug from underneath her audience’s feet, the film settles into a drama. We cut to her walking down the street eating a giant hotdog, ketchup pouring down her forearm, very symbolic indeed. We are not sure what Cassie has done with her prey. The opening few scenes of Fennell’s film certainly point to the horror genre, a feeling helped most significantly by Anthony Willis’ score. ![]() When they get her back to their bedroom, she reveals that she is sober, and then the fun really starts. Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie, a 30-year-old barista, who by night goes out to clubs, pretends to be hammered drunk, only to be picked up by an ‘opportunistic’ male. The prey becomes the predator in the debut feature from Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman. Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam Brody, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Alfred Molina
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