2023 · drama · comedy · sci-fi
Poor Things
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos2h 21m2023
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.
Our read: Poor Things (2023) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal drama · comedy · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Poor Things counts for a challenge
Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- intense
- surreal
- signature
- funny
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“You want Lanthimos whimsy, radical liberation, and fearless Emma Stone energy.”
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