What is Promising Young Woman about?
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
A woman's calculated revenge unfolds with darkly comedic precision, exposing uncomfortable truths with every encounter.
Suspenseful and darkly comic, with dry wit. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Peacock.
Promising Young Woman parents guide
The thing to know: strong sex and nudity, more than an R usually carries. Beyond that, strong violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Promising Young Woman scary?
- Only a little. Promising Young Woman has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Promising Young Woman?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Promising Young Woman rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated R, with strong sex and nudity, strong violence, and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
Directed byEmerald Fennell
StarringCarey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox
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