Could it be this year’s Parasite? Well… as was the case with Parasite, the Mikes disagree and debate many of the finer points. But as is the case with all our film studies, we build our spoiler free first half to an Oscars discussion before analyzing the plot. What is This Episode? - Top of Show PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN 2020 OSP: SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Plot Premise/Expectations, Review Scores - 3:06 Awards Profile/Script Thoughts - 9:40 Production Values: Sight - 15:25 Sound - 17:11 Performances: Carey Mulligan - 21:13 Bo Burnham/Laverne Cox - 25:50 Rest of Cast - 27:26 How Many Total Noms? - 33:17 SPOILER WARNING - 35:38 SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: What’s Real? - 36:56 Mulholland Driving - 46:50 Subversion + Recontextualization - 51:01 Don’t I Know You? - 57:41 Highs + Lows Throughout The Plot - 1:03:40 FINAL GRADES - 1:17:00 Where To Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:20:51 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:21:40 Promising Young Woman was one of our most anticipated films of the year, and we begin with a discussion of these high expectations. Then we analyze the Oscar possibilities throughout the rest of the non-spoiler first half as we give you some opposing thoughts on the direction & script. But we come back together for the underrated cinematography and rightfully celebrated music. Finally, although we save more debate on where the performances of Carey Mulligan and cast rank in this year’s acting categories, we deliver some high praise to the ensemble. As for our massive spoiler section, we begin with some of the issues hinted at in the first half. It’s not a throwback blow-out argument like the MMO old days. But we do get into a debate as we analyze some of the main plot points before a big discussion on the film’s end. Then we backtrack and go chronologically through a bunch of our shared best scenes until it’s time to drop our final grades. This is the latest of many recent Oscars Profile Movie Review episodes including Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Soul, and Pieces of a Woman. It’s also the first of the next flurry of film studies as we have One Night In Miami and News of the World coming soon. So stay tuned. As always, and especially with this episode, we want to hear your thoughts. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are at Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & hear us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thank you! And do stay safe, everybody.