Promising Young Woman (2020)

[Leonidas King]

I've had that Paris Hilton song stuck in my head all week after watching it.

Send help.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by TheDeadlySquid76

You don't think it's problematic that a film hides behind a facade of the "rape-revenge" label yet its lead character

[Show spoiler]is killed by her friend's rapist before the end of the film, leaving the cops to take care of everything

? There's no revenge! Just one woman going to extreme lengths to avenge someone, lengths that damage her relationships with her family and ultimately lead to

[Show spoiler]her demise

. What catharsis does that bring about? I've seen so many people who have found this film triggering and offensive in its portrayal of assault and how it essentially makes its lead character a martyr by the end. She didn't need to

[Show spoiler]die

for there to be a resolution. It's in bad taste.

Just because the movie makes you feel bad does not mean the movie is bad. It wanted you to feel frustrated and upset. Films don’t always need catharsis. How often do we get that in real life? Especially with sexual assault cases. I feel the tone was very true to life.

[Mr X]

Originally Posted by TheDeadlySquid76

You don't think it's problematic that a film hides behind a facade of the "rape-revenge" label yet its lead character

[Show spoiler]is killed by her friend's rapist before the end of the film, leaving the cops to take care of everything

? There's no revenge! Just one woman going to extreme lengths to avenge someone, lengths that damage her relationships with her family and ultimately lead to

[Show spoiler]her demise

. What catharsis does that bring about? I've seen so many people who have found this film triggering and offensive in its portrayal of assault and how it essentially makes its lead character a martyr by the end. She didn't need to

[Show spoiler]die

for there to be a resolution. It's in bad taste.

I don't think it's "hiding behind" anything, and your question is predicated upon me agreeing that what you've said here is factual, but it isn't.

I think it's doing what it needs to in order to be seen, and being generally well-received when it gets its message across. I didn't even know I was going to be seeing it, because it was literally a secret until the film rolled, and I would put good money on a good chunk of that audience not going to see it if they'd known what film it was. And those are probably the people who need to see it the most.

HOWEVER: I also came out of that secret screening feeling very strongly that it was pretty unforgivable that there was no hint of a trigger warning anywhere in the brochures or even before they rolled the film, and I brought that up with the organisers of the festival. I understand exactly why they didn't, but I think that was a major mis-step. Even for me, this was a fairly difficult / upsetting watch at times, because it is *extremely* real in places and it's depressing as hell to be reminded of it... but of course that's exactly the point, isn't it? Those of us with the luxury of living without daily fear of sexual violence tend to live most of our lives in relative obliviousness to it, I suspect, until there's something troubling in the news or whatever, which is forgotten about soon afterwards; the same cannot be assumed of most of the women (and indeed people of other genders who present as feminine) that I know.

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Just because the movie makes you feel bad does not mean the movie is bad. It wanted you to feel frustrated and upset. Films don’t always need catharsis. How often do we get that in real life? Especially with sexual assault cases. I feel the tone was very true to life.

Bingo. The frustration was the point. It sets you up for a "HELL YEAH" moment and then... nope. Everything sucks and then you die. Hooray!

[NickFoley]

Brilliant film. Recommend renting it on Vudu in 4k UHD, which is the best we'll get until the standard Blu-ray which isn't 4k.

[A113]

Originally Posted by NickFoley

Brilliant film. Recommend renting it on Vudu in 4k UHD, which is the best we'll get until the standard Blu-ray which isn't 4k.

Is it a 4K master or a 2K upgrade?

[NickFoley]

Originally Posted by A113

Is it a 4K master or a 2K upgrade?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292...ef_=tt_dt_spec

Camera Arri Alexa Mini, Panavision G-Series Lenses
Negative Format CFast 2.0 ProRes 4444 (2.8K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Panavision (anamorphic) (source format

[A113]

Originally Posted by NickFoley

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620292...ef_=tt_dt_spec

Camera Arri Alexa Mini, Panavision G-Series Lenses
Negative Format CFast 2.0 ProRes 4444 (2.8K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Panavision (anamorphic) (source format

Did the HDR make a major difference from regular HD?

[BluCollector13]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

https://www.amazon.com/Promising-You...9593055&sr=8-2

Day one!

The final Blu cover will probably be the current theatrical poster but I'm hopeful they use the underrated poster from when the movie was supposed to get released in April.

[BluCollector13]

DVD Talk says March 23rd, same for "News of the World".

[MavisGary610]

Looks like there's a cover on Target's website. Unfortunately they're going with the placeholder image, it would appear.

https://www.target.com/p/promising-y...-/-/A-82097737

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by BluCollector13

[Show spoiler]

I haven't even seen the movie, but I want this on a steelbook.

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by TheDeadlySquid76

You don't think it's problematic that a film hides behind a facade of the "rape-revenge" label yet its lead character

[Show spoiler]is killed by her friend's rapist before the end of the film, leaving the cops to take care of everything

? There's no revenge! Just one woman going to extreme lengths to avenge someone, lengths that damage her relationships with her family and ultimately lead to

[Show spoiler]her demise

. What catharsis does that bring about? I've seen so many people who have found this film triggering and offensive in its portrayal of assault and how it essentially makes its lead character a martyr by the end. She didn't need to

[Show spoiler]die

for there to be a resolution. It's in bad taste.

It's a black comedy, I was surprised but liked the ending...scorched earth.

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by BluCollector13

The final Blu cover will probably be the current theatrical poster but I'm hopeful they use the underrated poster from when the movie was supposed to get released in April.

Now that is a great poster.

[Chaotic]

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by BluCollector13

The final Blu cover will probably be the current theatrical poster but I'm hopeful they use the underrated poster from when the movie was supposed to get released in April.

Great poster. I feel like that sells a completely different movie, though.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by bookcase

I really want to see this, and if it had been VOD, I would've rented it on release. Theaters are out of the question for the foreseeable future.

Anything from Universal (which owns Focus), just wait about two weeks. It's the result of their battle with AMC over Trolls 2, which ended with (I believe) a 17-day window being worked out. After that, you'll be able to rent it on PVOD for $19.99 for a couple of months, then physical. I keep seeing a ton of confusion both as to why the theatrical and VOD is staggered, and then why the VOD costs so much, but it's Universal's official pandemic business model.

[Jado3Dhead]

As this movie has gotten an Oscar nomination, I expect a UK release is imminent. If not I'll stick to importing this release.

[BluProofie]

Originally Posted by Jado3Dhead

As this movie has gotten an Oscar nomination, I expect a UK release is imminent. If not I'll stick to importing this release.

Oscar nominations haven’t been announced yet.

[bookcase]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Oscar nominations haven’t been announced yet.

I was momentarily confused because I thought I'd missed something! I do get the sense she'll get a nod, though. I'm still waiting for the "home premiere" period to end before I watch -- for some reason, I just can't pay $20 for a rental.

[50strat54]

Can't wait to buy this.