The Most Repulsive Part of ‘Poor Things’ Is Its Most Human

BABY ONE MORE TIME

Those who thought Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film was merely about a woman brought back from the dead got a bit of a shock, but the minor twist makes the film all the more pertinent.

A photo illustration of Emma Stone in Poor Things.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Lev/Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Searchlight Pictures/Getty

If you’ve seen Poor Things, the marvelous new film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, chances are that you were expecting a wild, occasionally perverse ride.

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