Promising Young Woman (2020)

Cassie is a one-night education for a certain type of man. She gets "wasted" in bars and allows nice guys to take her home -- only to surprise them with her sobriety once they start taking advantage of her. She's also on a very specific mission to make sure that the people who 1) were involved in or 2) did nothing to stop or 3) did not help in the aftermath of an attack on her friend learn a more pointed lesson. Due to her "work," she is in a state of arrested development. She can't move on with a career or relationships or even out of her parents' home. However, a chance encounter with a guy from college shows her a path forward that doesn't involve revenge.

Wow. Not only was this viciously entertaining, it was also so smart. I want someone like her to exist: someone who teaches the lessons that so many need yet so few ever learn. The toll it takes on the teacher is extreme, though. Also sobering is the knowledge that without people willing to sacrifice their own dreams and happiness, the oppressors keep on oppressing and getting away with it while those they harm are left struggling to survive, juggling the pieces of their ruined psyches.

Basically: I wish a Cassie on Kavanaugh but I hate that Cassies have been through the trauma necessary for them to exist in the first place.

B+