kenmorefield Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 This title is picking up steam in my various feeds...Letterboxd, etc. I don't know quite what to make of it. Mulligan is swell, but I can't quite shake the feeling that it is designed to provoke rather than prod. Early this year, I was on the minority end of The Invisible Man, dismissing the film as a prettified "let's beat up women" flick in the guise of "isn't it horrible how women get beat up?" flick. This strikes me more as an Alan Ball type project -- more interested in how often it can shift your allegiances (and scold you for being wrong) than in actually talking a position. Even Fatal Attraction had a sort of consistency about it. This feels like the kind of stuff we cheer in movies because we know it isn't real with ideas we'd reject if they were presented in non-narrative form. But...what do I know? There seems to be a cadre of admirers that see something I've yet to catch a glimpse of. Quote 1More Film Blog Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Volume II Link to post Share on other sites
Evan C Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 I saw Scott Renshaw and Walter Chaw discussing on Twitter how much they did not care for this, which was in response to it winning best actress, and specifically best screenplay from the LA Critics' awards. The trailer intrigued me and I'm looking forward to it, but I have no idea where I'll fall on it. Quote "Anyway, in general I love tragic artists, especially classical ones.""Even the forms for expressing truth can be multiform, and this is indeed necessary for the transmission of the Gospel in its timeless meaning."- Pope Francis, August 2013 interview with Antonio Spadaro Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted December 23, 2020 Report Share Posted December 23, 2020 I didn't care for this either. It felt too glib and simplistic, rather than offering any substance in its examination of toxic masculinity and the enabling of sexual trauma. It didn't surprise me that this is from one of the creators of Killing Eve, as it has that same "aren't we dark and edgy?" smugness to it. Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 This writer hits very close to the mark, IMO. Spoilers (and potential triggers) abound. https://www.rogerebert.com/features/on-the-disempowerment-of-promising-young-woman Quote To be an artist is never to avert one's eyes. - Akira Kurosawa https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularcinephile/ Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 This commentary by Dana Stevens is also good: https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/promising-young-woman-movie-review-carey-mulligan-ending.html?via=rss_socialflow_twitter Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
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