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Florence Pugh is best known for her MCU role as Yelena Belova, but just a year after debuting in the role in 2021’s Black Widow, the actress traded in her all-black jumpsuit and green utility vest for quintessential ‘50s fashion for Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. The movie, starring Pugh as a housewife who begins to suspect the picture-perfect experimental community she’s living in holds a sinister secret, is scheduled to stop streaming on Netflix on January 1st. Wilde, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine also star in the film, which grossed $87 million worldwide.
Don’t Worry Darling Holds an Unfortunate Record for Florence Pugh
With a star-studded cast, a critically proven director, and an overall interesting premise, Don’t Worry Darling generated plenty of hype leading into its premiere, but the movie fizzled out as soon as it hit theaters. The film was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and holds the record as Pugh’s lowest-rated movie with a 38% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes.
HuffPost’s Candice Frederick called the movie “hollow and disappointing,” and Rough Draft Atlanta’s Sammie Purcell described the movie as “a slew of half-baked, muddled ideas about womanhood, relationships, and toxic masculinity.” Although Pugh’s performance was seen as a highlight for the film, Don’t Worry Darling proved to be a movie that prioritized style over substance and ultimately failed to deliver on its intriguing premise. Many critics said the movie felt empty and without any real depth or a coherent message, and there was no real payoff in the end.
