Poor Things

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Poor Things

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2023

2h 21m

Comedy

Fantasy

Romance

Sci-Fi

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From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

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Critics Consensus

Wildly imaginative and exhilaratingly over the top, Poor Things is a bizarre, brilliant tour de force for director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone.

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Audience Says

Poor Things is a weird, wild good time and Emma Stone is fantastic in it -- just be prepared for adult themes that may unsettle or offend some viewers.

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Stef Rubino

Autostraddle

01/18/2024

Rather, it’s an attempt to wake us up, to clue us into the behaviors and violences we replicate over and over again, even when we think we aren’t. And on that front alone, Poor Things is a success.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

01/18/2024

The score is brilliant. It absolutely captures the kind of semi-steam punk, fantastical, mythological, Frankestinian... all that stuff. And yet at the heart of it, there is an emotional story...

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

01/14/2024

5/5

Bella’s appetite for novelty is reflected in film-making that evokes a similar sense of wonder and discovery in the audience.

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Stephen Garrett

Book & Film Globe

Aug 21

4/5

Rich with sumptuous visuals, characters spouting zingers in go-for-baroque syntax, and straight-faced actors fully committed to lunatic behavior, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest quasi-absurd fable is rarely dull.

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Clotilde Chinnici

The People's Movies

Aug 19

4/5

It is a bold film that is not afraid of making a strong statement both visually and with its script, and clearly, this has paid off, given the commercial and critical success the film has received ever since it came out.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 22

“Poor Things” is sharply funny and cutting. But outside of the main relationship, the jokes lose their edge and the film tends to flatten the growth of its heroine into something a little more superficial.

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Choombies

Apr 29

This movie is strange in an extremely engrossing way. Emma Stone hands down delivered one of the best performances I’ve seen in a long time. I didn’t know much about this movie going into it, but I came out of the theatre happy that I gave it a chance. I most likely won’t forget this movie for the rest of my life.

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mindy

Jan 11

Poor Things was very interesting. I am glad I saw it

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Joshua H

Dec 25

The movie is about a bunch of people having sex with a child in the body of a woman. I can't get past that conceit

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Gonzalo

10/28/2024

great film kinda weird but in good way

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caraeskin L

10/06/2024

So weird that it was thought provoking, silly and entertaining all at the same time

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emily

10/03/2024

Emma stone is incredible in every single movie she does

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Synopsis

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer: Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe
Screenwriter: Tony McNamara
Distributor: Searchlight Pictures
Production Co: Element Pictures
Rating: R (Gore|Disturbing Material|Graphic Nudity|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 8, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.5M
Runtime: 2h 21m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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