It’s the moment of truth for Emerald Fennell, whose “Promising Young Woman” established the actor-turned-auteur (last seen playing pregnant doll Midge in “Barbie”) as a formidable new filmmaking ta…
, whose “Promising Young Woman” established the actor-turned-auteur as a formidable new filmmaking talent. Building on the barbed sensibility she established with “Killing Eve,” the writer-director’s zeitgeist-throttling feature debut lured audiences like a bright red candy apple, leaving them with plenty to debate after the cyanide-laced sugar high wore off.
Oliver is a classic example of an unreliable narrator, and because he’s played by Keoghan — a squinty, slightly sinister-looking young actor whose very presence suggests layers of hidden intention — no one’s buying him as an awkward dweeb. Still, Fennell asks us to play along, as the cool kids tease poor Oliver. He’s ridiculed most mercilessly by Farleigh , a relative of the Catton family who attaches himself to Felix like a barnacle.
By the end of the school year, Oliver has finagled an invitation to spend the summer at Saltburn, where he and Farleigh will be treated like needy pets for the family’s amusement. Making excellent use of her opulent location , Fennell paints the Cattons as garish caricatures — the Royal Tenenbaums as Edward Gorey might have sketched them. Fortunately, she casts these roles with such colorful actors that it’s kind of a hoot to see how Rosamund Pike , Richard E.
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