Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

29 December 2023

Poor Things (2023)

I thought Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things was rather boring, actually. 

I think … well, I don’t know, the whole thing felt too silly to take seriously in any real way. And some of the acting is horrible (especially Jerrod Carmichael). I liked Christopher Abbott and Ramy Youssef, and I guess I thought this had a few good ideas. But nothing much felt new here, despite the constant weirdness and the Frankenstein anatomies.

And why was it so long? There's an entire sequence where Bella goes back to her father–husband that contained no surprises or character development at all, despite the fact that Christopher Abbott was my favorite actor in the movie.

I'm a Lanthimos fan, but this was not great. That poster, though, is amazing.

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