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Promising Young Woman is a 2020 film written, directed, and co-produced by Emerald Fennell in her feature directorial debut.It stars Carey Mulligan as a troubled young woman haunted by a traumatic past as she navigates balancing forgiveness and vengeance, with Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Chris Lowell, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, and Connie Britton in supporting roles.
Roger Ebert gave a mixed review but singled out Anna Paquin’s performance, saying her plot line “as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones” is the film’s most compelling story. [18] Readers of Entertainment Weekly ranked the film as #9 on the magazine's "50 Sexiest Movies Ever" poll in 2008. [19]
The Girl in the Book is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Marya Cohn in her directorial debut. The film stars Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, David Call, Michael Cristofer, Talia Balsam and Ana Mulvoy-Ten. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13, 2015. [2]
It is assigned to films the MPA believes most parents would consider "patently adult" and not suitable for their children under 18. [1] The rating does not designate films as pornographic or obscene, but simply that the content is suitable only for adults. [1] The rating may be issued because of violence, sex, drugs, or other elements. [1]
As of September 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 117 reviews (51 "fresh", 67 "rotten"). [15] The critical consensus states, "While pleasantly acted, In the Land of Women is a dramatically stilted film with underdeveloped characters".
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 84% based on 219 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Elevated by a brilliant screenplay and outstanding ensemble cast , Mean Girls finds fresh, female-fronted humor in the high school experience."
According to Book Marks, the book received a "rave" consensus, based on four critic reviews: three "rave" and one "positive". [10] The book received 81% from The Lit Review based on eleven critic reviews and the consensus of the reviews being, "Walls is a born storyteller with a life that is worth reading about. Her memoir, “The Glass Castle ...
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, written by Polly Platt, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon.Set in 1917, it focuses on a 12-year-old girl being raised in a brothel in Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, by her prostitute mother.