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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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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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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

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.

Jan 18, 2024

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Mark Kermode

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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...

Jan 18, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

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

Rated: 5/5

Jan 14, 2024

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

Yorgos Lanthimos’s films are always strange, and this is perhaps the most peculiar but also the most relatable of them all.

Rated: 5/5

Dec 11, 2024

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Katie Hogan

She Likes Movies

The story and Bella herself are at times, too hard to swallow and the choices made to depict a woman’s liberation feels too one note and are rather basic ideas

Nov 13, 2024

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Calum Cooper

Cinerama Film

Destined to go down as one of 2023’s best and most memorable films, Poor Things is Yorgos Lanthimos at the height of his peculiar power.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 19, 2024

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mindy Poor Things was very interesting. I am glad I saw it Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/11/25 Full Review Joshua H 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 Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/25/24 Full Review Gonzalo great film kinda weird but in good way Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review caraeskin L So weird that it was thought provoking, silly and entertaining all at the same time Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review emily Emma stone is incredible in every single movie she does Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/03/24 Full Review Stephanie amazing actors!! amazing story!! 👏🏼 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Yorgos Lanthimos Director Emma Stone Bella Baxter Willem Dafoe Dr. Godwin Baxter Mark Ruffalo Duncan Wedderburn Christopher Abbott Alfie Blessington Jerrod Carmichael Harry Astley

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