'Poor Things' Is Insane (Review)

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[KarstenRunquist]

what's your favorite yorgos movie?

[jakemargerison]

I love the scene where Bella is walking theough Lisbon and sees the woman playing guitar and singing. That was just wonderful.

[moonverine]

One of the more nuanced things I loved from this film was how the Bella at the end is liberated in a way where she has also learned you do have to respect some conventions of society, that you can't just be this ball of chaos and Id. Like, part of liberation is also recognizing you are a part of society, if that makes sense.

[Liboo]

I liked how honest Bella was, even when it was dangerous to be honest, even after she had seen how cruel the world can be, she always told the truth about what she wanted to do. I thought she was very brave

[Ncman]

No general audience member is gonna prepare him/herself for the amount explicitness in this 😭

[Dan-yytt]

"willem defriend" is an amazing joke, well done.

[djdksf]

Saw it last night. I've been pining for it for months and was not disappointed. Absolutely stunning on every level. Emma should win everything for this. One of the bravest, most truthful performances I've ever seen, and in the service of a truly outside piece of work. No mean feat.

[statesofgracie]

one of my favorite aspects of this film was seeing how each of the men in bella’s life viewed her and how it connected to her own liberation, be it sexual or otherwise . god (although he loved her) viewed her as an experiment, duncan viewed her as a sex object, and alfie viewed her as a baby incubator. despite being absent for the better part of the film though max is easily the best man in her life. he’s the only one that allows her her freedom of self. yes he’s obviously apprehensive about her traveling but once he’s reminded she is her own person despite her unique circumstances he lets her go as she pleases. he refuses to be with her sexually until they’re wed so he doesn’t feel like he’s taking advantage of her, thinks nothing of her time as a whore, and let’s her go off with alfie even when they’re about to be married because he knows it’s what she wants to do. at the end they don’t make a big deal over the two of them reuniting and defining their love because that’s not what the story is about. it’s about bella and her discovering the world and herself and max is there on the side to support her and treat her as she’s supposed to be treated: like a human.

[lndstnder]

I enjoyed Poor Things but was frustrated at the end with how they handled the young doctor. The man fell in love with a *literally* infantilized woman and that relationship was free to continue.

[AgsmaJustAgsma]

Dafoe plays God so effortlessly that I'm starting to believe he's the son of God himself.

[tenjin]

Im really lost with the interpretation of this film, the female sexual liberation through prostitution is a cliche from a mans perspective. she had no choice, it was her only desparate option but its shown as a powermove. she has skills that she could have used that the movie ignores intentionally in this instance, not even showing concideration.
when she works in the brothel she doesnt learn from the darkside of the job, je is shown to just deal with it and is shown to look happy and satisfied, there is no nuance, there is no option to interpret the twisted scenes as somehow damaging her because she either smiles it off or stoically barges through.

I do not know why Yorgos needs to put a childs brain in these sexual situations while only romanticizing it, he doesnt let any character notice the odd p3d0 relationship she has, and we dont see a negative impact on the abuse she goes through, only some strange forced fake feminist nimpho hunger for "furious jumping".
It is completely unnecessary to involve a childs brain in so many sexual scenes, as if the world for a women to explore is 80% sex, that time is past, redundant message. but sure if we want to show that path, why show her nude so fuckingoften, i cant enjoy a movie with such fenomenal visual detail, if im bombarded by nudity of someone with the overly naive mind of a child. it's not justified.

the movie tries to make the men look weak after being torn appart by Bella's words, but it feels like an excuse to make her get out of abuse without inward retrospection.
visually art, naratively a confession without real showcase of concern for the main character.

[scacknewman]

just came from the costume exhibition in london yet I still have to wait another few weeks to watch it over here, beyond excited.

[covfefemaga]

It's really disturbing when you realize she's a toddler trapped in an adult body doing all this.

[Leo-nznf]

Can anyone please explain whats so amazing about this movie? Every single video I saw on it praised it as one of the best movies to come out this year. I saw most of it in theaters and walked out. The amount of sex scenes felt excessive and unnecessary, and it didn't actually feel feminist to me or my girlfriend whom I saw it with. I understand that the movie didn't support how Mark Ruffalo's character was taking advantage of Bella's mental age, but having her continue to have sex and call it "furious jumping" when its unclear what her mental age throughout the later parts of the film are felt really horrible and uncomfortable. I loved the set design and I thought Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe had great performances, but the script felt so one note to me at least. Maybe I am missing something? Can anyone please explain their take on it?

[smittycal]

Loved this movie. It was just so well done. This might be one of the most “art house” and surrealist movie I’ve seen in a while.

[nationalcoasternews]

The more I hear about this movie the more unbelievably hyped I’m getting. Unfortunately I’m probably not gonna get a chance to see it till after Christmas but will certainly be rushing to the week after

[maubpp]

I didn't think I'd describe a film such as this as a crowd-pleaser but man was my theater eating it up. The was consistent laughter and palpable enjoyment from the audience. I don't think I've ever had this kind of experience with an arthouse film, especially as weird and bonkers and over-the-top as this one. But I guess that's a testament to Lanthimos as a director that he was able to absorb us into this world for the first 20 minutes and all the insanity make sense for the characters inhabiting this world. I loved every frame of this movie and it skyrocketed to my number 1 of 2023

[nathansnook]

watched this recently and it's a certified bonkers banger. also an interesting film in conjunction to the series The Curse where Emma Stone is losing sense of self in the show while finding a sense of self in this film. love the work that she's doing in two weird realms, Yorgos and Nathan Fielder!!!

[Thessia]

I’m one of the people who got up and walked out. I couldn’t get past the pedo-adjacent aspect of it. Left about 30 minutes in when Godwin gave her away to Max, who had been lusting after her despite knowing she literally had the brain of a baby. Too gross for me.

[theo.]

i genuinely think this is visually one of my favorite movies ever. went in expecting it to be good but i didn't know HOW good