Poor Things (2023)
6/10
An amazing film, but definitely not for all people
17 March 2024
Poor Things is as if Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson made Edward Scissorhands, but Edward was a girl, and way more talkative. (Also not scissors for hands, thank Godwin for her!)

Emma Stone laid herself bare (for 50% of the film) and deserves her Oscar.

Kudos to the winners for Production Design (winner by a mile, the complexity), Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design.

The only flaw was the terribly wooden performance by Jerrod Carmichael who I would like to recommend for the Golden Raspberry awards. It was if he was in a grade school play as Tree #2 and unfortunately had lines.

It is sad that many people are giving this bad reviews just because it is not their kind of movie. Maybe do a little bit more research and watch movies you will actually like.

Speaking of Wes Anderson, I had trouble watching both The French Dispatch and Asteroid City. They just weren't compelling to me. But I found Poor Things really compelling throughout.
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