Poor Things

Name: Poor Things
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance
Released: December 8, 2023
Duration: 141 min
Rating: 88
Cast: Anders Olof Grundberg, Attila Dobai, Charlie Hiscock, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard

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Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 8, 2023 | R

Starring: Anders Olof Grundberg, Attila Dobai, Charlie Hiscock, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard, Emma Hindle, Emma Stone, Jack Barton, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, Margaret Qualley, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, Vicki Pepperdine, Willem Dafoe

Summary: Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is 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 theBella Baxter (Emma Stone) is 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.… Expand

Director: Giorgos Lanthimos

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 141 min

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Phil de Semlyen

Sep 2, 2023

Yorgos Lanthimos’s feminist Frankenstein comedy is scabrous, smart and obscenely funny. Read full review

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Kyle Smith

Dec 8, 2023

Both literary and cinematic, “Poor Things” gives the audience everything we can ask for in a film—beauty and wonder; hefty ideas and clever storytelling; twists, shocks and laughter. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Caspar Salmon

Feb 28, 2024

Poor Things is a film of immense ambition and craft, and one that mostly does what it set out to do, which is to be a vast and riotous psychodrama. Read full review

The Film Stage Luke Hicks

Sep 1, 2023

There hasn’t been such a delightfully strange and thoroughly developed cast of characters in years. Read full review

Alejandra Martinez

Dec 6, 2023

Poor Things is a revelation, a potent story about self-creation that’s worth seeking out, and that’s worth getting lost in. Read full review

NME James Mottram

Jan 12, 2024

While its oddball nature won’t be to all tastes, the championing of female guile over insufferable male idiocy will surely leave many with a big smile on their faces. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Dec 6, 2023

The verdict is sad but unavoidable. Poor Things is a 141-minute mistake. Read full review

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