Poor Things
Academy Award × 4
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Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
What critics thought
Lanthimos's fever-dream Frankenstein adaptation earned some of the strongest notices of his career, with even skeptical critics singling out Emma Stone's performance as something apart from the film itself. The sharpest disagreements weren't about craft — the steampunk production design and Stone's work were nearly universally admired — but about whether the film's feminist premise is genuinely subversive or deeply confused, with a vocal minority arguing that building a coming-of-age story around a woman with a child's mind is less liberating than it pretends to be.
“Lanthimos' finest film so far, a strange, gorgeous-looking picture that extends generosity both to its characters and the audience”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“the movie's "design is rich, its ideas thin. … It isn't long into Poor Things that you start to feel as if you were being bullied into admiring a film that's so deeply self-satisfied there really isn't room for the two of you”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“This isn't a sincere treatise on female sexuality, it's a dark comedy for people who carry around an NPR tote bag”
Angelica Jade Bastién·Vulture
“an insanely enjoyable fairy tale”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorYorgos Lanthimos
StarringEmma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott
ComposerJerskin Fendrix
Poor Things
Academy Award × 4
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
What critics thought
Lanthimos's fever-dream Frankenstein adaptation earned some of the strongest notices of his career, with even skeptical critics singling out Emma Stone's performance as something apart from the film itself. The sharpest disagreements weren't about craft — the steampunk production design and Stone's work were nearly universally admired — but about whether the film's feminist premise is genuinely subversive or deeply confused, with a vocal minority arguing that building a coming-of-age story around a woman with a child's mind is less liberating than it pretends to be.
“Lanthimos' finest film so far, a strange, gorgeous-looking picture that extends generosity both to its characters and the audience”
Stephanie Zacharek·Time
“the movie's "design is rich, its ideas thin. … It isn't long into Poor Things that you start to feel as if you were being bullied into admiring a film that's so deeply self-satisfied there really isn't room for the two of you”
Manohla Dargis·The New York Times
“This isn't a sincere treatise on female sexuality, it's a dark comedy for people who carry around an NPR tote bag”
Angelica Jade Bastién·Vulture
“an insanely enjoyable fairy tale”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorYorgos Lanthimos
StarringEmma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott
ComposerJerskin Fendrix
Rent/Purchase