by HOLLYWOODNEWSPRESS
with ‘don’t worry darling’ coming out, Pugh is notably the strongest element of the movie, which centers on a seemingly happy young couple living in an idyllic corporate town circa the 1950s as secrets begin to get uncovered. The Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern praised the actress for being the most redeemable aspect of an otherwise messy movie, writing that it’s “more than anything a showcase for Pugh.” Indiewire’s Kate Erbland says that Pugh is the “film’s unmitigated highlight,” and Collider’s Brian Formo says that “none of Darling works at all without such a committed performance from Pugh.”Therefore , the HOLLYWOODNEWSPRESS announces the English actress as the first Artist of 2023.