Promising Young Woman -

But Fennell slowly unspools a terrible truth: Ryan was there the night Nina was assaulted. He watched. He didn't help. He did nothing.

Later, Paris Hilton’s "Stars Are Blind" (a notoriously goofy love song) scores a scene where Cassie lures a predator to the mall where he works. The song becomes unsettling, a mocking lullaby to the men who think they are in control. Promising Young Woman

Fennell has stated that the ending is meant to be tragic but hopeful. "It’s a tragedy," she said. "But it is also a fantasy... If Cassie had killed him, he would have been the victim. But by making him a murderer, she exposed him for what he is." No analysis of Promising Young Woman is complete without discussing its needle drops. The soundtrack is a genius exercise in irony. The film opens with Charli XCX's "Boys"—a bubblegum pop song celebrating the 'fun' of men—played over a montage of men being predatory in a club. But Fennell slowly unspools a terrible truth: Ryan

Starring Carey Mulligan in a career-defining performance as Cassie Thomas, the film is a subversive, genre-bending masterpiece that holds a mirror up to the "post-#MeToo" world. It asks a question that makes audiences deeply uncomfortable: What does justice look like when the system is rigged to protect the predators? He did nothing