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Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef, and Jerrod Carmichael in Poor Things (2023)

Review by curtisherenow

Poor Things

3/10

I don't understand the message of this movie

The film has a lot of scenery and backdrops. However, the camera angles are not as innovative as Wes Anderson's and the story doesn't get to the bottom of the characters in the way that Paul Thomas Anderson does. The film is absurd, but it's not really absurdly funny. Even copying from Monthy Python (Meaning of Life) or Anders Thomas Jensen (Men & Chicken) doesn't help.

The soundtrack is convincing and so is the leading actress. However, she shouldn't have been so revealing. As a viewer, you didn't have to see so much to know what was happening.

All in all, the film leaves me a little perplexed and despite the primordial nature of it, nothing really sticks with me except for the disturbing scenes with William Defoe as a surgeon in the Victor Frankenstein style.
  • curtisherenow
  • Feb 28, 2024

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