Poor Things
7.892%80%7.7
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.
Varun reviewed
October 19, 2024•
Holy fuck this movie was crazy! Strangely gorgeous in every department, from the colour pallets of every scene, the set design, music score, costumes, characters and interactions. And god those title cards were mind bogglingly beautiful. Sometimes it’s hard to describe the feeling when you experience something truly unique and original. It also works because it’s highly entertaining with great wit, humour, wonder, melancholy and satire. Lots of great themes explored here as well. Emma Stone absolutely deserves a Best Actress Oscar for that complicated, engrossing and spectacular performance. This is also my favourite Mark Ruffalo performance. Bella and Duncan >>> Barbie and Ken. This is definitely one of the most visually appetising and delightfully weird movies I’ve ever seen. I found the plot amazing albeit with a few flaws. I think too much time was spent on the Paris sex worker section because you can figure out the lesson quickly but it drags on and Bella seems to stagnate in her learning journey. When it comes to sex work, I’ve understood much of the message from recent movies like Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022), Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) and the latest tv show Blue Eye Samurai (2023), so I personally did find this section to tread on old ground for too long. I wanted to see Bella interact with more different communities, like they kept mentioning socialism and was bummed when I didn’t get to see her interact with any socialist workers or just politicians in general. I guess I wanted to see her make more of an impact on the world, it could’ve been like a Frankenstein’s monster turned into a radical, weird and cool version of Forest Gump. I also felt the pacing of the ending to be a bit slow. But yes I do realise most of my criticisms are based on my own desires and wishful thinking. I still really enjoyed the fuck out of this movie and I can’t recommend it enough. I will for sure be rewatching this one and checking out more of Yorgos Lanthimos’ films.