REVENGE NEVER LOOKED SO PROMISING.

Disclaimer: we talk about some really difficult content this week, since Promising Young Woman is a film about sexual assault. We always include chapters in our episodes so you can skip around, but if you feel in any way uncomfortable with that material, feel free to skip our discussion of the film. Love you all <3

This week, Joey brings us to the explosive world of Emerald Fennell with her directorial debut and Oscars darling PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. We talk about how weird this film feels even just four years from its release, our really complicated takes on the ending and what it's really trying to say, and how successful Fennell's takedown of this system really is. Also Beetlejuice Beetlejuice talk at the top of the show and Joey starts the Terrance Malick journey with a brand new favorite.

00:00:00 Intro + Disclaimer

00:04:29 What We Watched

00:41:23 Promising Young Woman

01:26:38 Final Thoughts + Ratings

01:35:38 Josh's Pick for Next Week

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