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In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 2 h 21 m
- 2023
- R
- 2 h 21 m
Summary Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is 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 th...
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written By: Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 2 h 21 m
- 2023
- R
- 2 h 21 m
Poor Things
8.3
Where to Watch
Summary Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) is 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 th...
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written By: Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
88
96% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 46 Critic Reviews
88
96% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
2% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It’s as if “Barbie” were actually about Weird Barbie, but even that idea doesn’t quite do it justice. A more apt description is: It’s the best movie of the year.
Not only is Poor Things one of Lanthimos’ most refined philosophical musings, but it is his most accomplished visual work, too.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
14% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 User Ratings
8.3
83% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
3% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
14% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
I actually believed that i live in modern, intelligent world and people wont freak out, because of nudity in a mainstream movie. After all, it's not 1985 anymore. Well, how foolish of me. Even tho most reactions to this movie seem to be very positive, there are already some religious losers (or whatever their weird excuses are) who whine about this movie and even call it worst of 2023 or unwatchable. What's their main (or should say ONLY) complaint, you might ask. Well, of course, of course, OF COURSE, it's nudity.......i'm just so done with these people. They are single handedly trying to keep cinema from evolving and they also say this EXTREMELY outdated nonsense, that "showing nudity in your movie is bad for your career blah blah blah". NO! no it's not. It's 2023, grow up, educate yourself, get a life.
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Here's a reminder to everyone who complained about nudity in "Oppenheimer"- Please don't watch this movie! Highly recommended to all the normal people tho.
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Everything in it – every frame, every image, every joke, every performance – gets a gasp of excitement.
Lanthimos has often bewildered audiences with his sensibilities, but Bella Baxter proves to be the perfect muse for the director's inherent curiosity, a lens through which to look at the world that reveals harsh truths and startling beauty.
It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter’s insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in Poor Things, sexual liberation (or “furious jumping,” as she calls it) is only part of this fantastical, anarchic journey to consciousness.
Stone gives surely the boldest performance of her career so far, in a role that puts upon her heavy physical and psychological demands.
The verdict is sad but unavoidable. Poor Things is a 141-minute mistake.
Yup, this is one of the best movies of 2023. Also, anyone who has ever complained, that there's not enough sex or nudity in Hollywood movies- this movie is for you.
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This movie proves why Emma Stone is one of the best modern actresses. She never had to be naked in movies to get anyone's attention, she has already been one of the best actresses over last 10 years and she did it all without pretty much any nudity. And now that she decides that she is okay with being nude in a movie, that's cool. She is obviously very beautiful woman, so i'm not complaining, but most importantly she is very good at acting. I'm hopeful that this movie will do well in cinemas, but it might be little bit too much for some people.
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Umm, okay. Honestly..ummmm. Like really, never been this loss for words, i have seen thousands of movies, usually i'm at least decent, when it comes to writing reviews, but not with this one. But okay. let's talk about nudity, because apparently every review of this movie, mentions how "Emma Stone is c o m p l e t e l e y" naked" and yes she is, but this movie is obviously way more than that. As someone who absolutely hated mid-2000s nudity censorship in MAINSTREAM movies (good example is Where the Truth Lies from 2005), i guess these times are completely over now and thank god for that. In fact, i'm surprised that they went as far as they did with this one. Especially because it's Emma Stone, because she's someone i never expected to be nude in movies. Even tho, i'm not sure how are some people going to react to it, because apparently even boobs in "Oppenheimer" were shocking to some. But i also believe that it's good that film makers do whatever they want. This is how movies need to be. Always respect the artistic vision of actors/actresses/directors/writers and never censor. It's really that simple. Good movie by the way, would recommend.
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I can’t give this movie a review in the green despite its many strengths. I felt held hostage by “Poor Things,” and like someone was sticking a probe in my brain to wiggle it around until I made an involuntary movement. It’s a cinematic experiment on the audience held by a director who dares to stick your face right in it, shocking you again and again like electrodes to the brain while taking perhaps a maniacal joy in making the characters and audience uncomfortable. It felt all too appropriate that as I left the theater there was someone handing out surveys to see what we thought of the film. My opinion is that the experiment could have lost about 30 minutes. However I’d be remiss to say there is not a medicinal quality to having one’s brain repeatedly shocked with electricity. I just can’t recommend it to the whole family.
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Production Company
Element Pictures,
Film4,
Searchlight Pictures,
TSG Entertainment
Release Date Dec 8, 2023
Duration 2 h 21 m
Rating R
Awards
Astra Creative Arts Awards
• 6 Nominations
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
