1y ago

[SPOILERS] - Poor Things - Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe - Dir. by Yorgos Lanthimos

www.imdb.com Poor Things (2023) ⭐ 8.5 | Romance, Sci-Fi

2h 21m | R

RELEASE DATE	RUNTIME	IMDB	ROTTENTOMATOES	METACRITIC
Dec 8th, 2023	2hr 21m	8.5	93%	92

Premise:

        The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director(s):

        Yorgos Lanthimos

Writer(s):

            Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray

CAST
Emma Stone	...	Bella Baxter
Mark Ruffalo	...	Duncan Wedderburn
Willem Dafoe	...	Dr. Godwin Baxter
Vicki Pepperdine	...	Mrs. Prim
Ramy Youssef	...	Max McCandles

I'm going to leave this up for another week or so, since it seems to not be wide released yet.

8 comments

I watched it at movie festival a month or so ago and I very much enjoyed it.
I had not seen any of the other movies by the director so I didn’t have any expectations whatsoever.
Emma Stone did an amazing job.

Oh I didn’t know it’s already out. I think I only saw one teaser in the last few months. Love me some Yorgos. I’ll watch this asap and update this comment with my review.

Watched this last week. Great movie! Long but I wasn't tired of it at all at the end. Improbably happy ending by Lanthimos standards. Super lavish sets, lots of entertaining scenes, a whole lot of sex. In fact the movie goes from black and white to color about the time Bela runs off with the Ruffalo character to Lisbon - black and white pre-sex, and color after. Enjoyed the steampunk vibe. Main character is a bit of a Mary Sue, but I'll allow it.

This movie looks terrible to me.
- I think you probably mean "It looks like I won't like it."
  That way you aren't making an objective claim about its quality.
- If you haven't seen it, you can just watch it and then confirm or deny. In the meantime this comment is just fluff.
  
  It's not a statement on the content, just a subjective interpretation of the preview material.
  It's a fair point of view, just like I can say I've only heard good things about it without having seen it for myself.
  
  I’ve seen the preview and it looks terrible. It’s not out yet. People share there thoughts about how a movie looks all the time.

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