‘Saltburn’ Review: An Untalented Mr. Ripley

The film is better than its creator’s predecessor, ‘Promising Young Woman,’ but its ‘eat the rich’ premise falls short of its progressive critics’ expectations.

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'Saltburn' tells the story of a middle class boy invited for the summer to his rich friends' country estate. Prime Video

Emerald Fennell’s acclaim as a filmmaker is much bigger than the substance of her films. Having been the showrunner of the second season of “Killing Eve,” Ms. Fennell broke out with “Promising Young Woman.” That wretched film essentially turned rape revenge into the cinematic equivalence of a moralizing essay you’d read on Jezebel — may that website rest in peace should current efforts at a resurrection fail. Nevertheless, she won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and, for better or worse, embodied an image of “girlboss cinema.” 

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