Poor Things review

 


After the success of The Favorite Emma Stone once again teams up with Director Yorgos Lathimos for what is already in the running for my movie of 2024 and it's only January. May sound silly but this movie truly is a spectacle to behold. From the opening moment I was hooked on this movie's style, energy and feeling of unsteadyness. Poor Things follows the story of a woman being brought back to life by a scientist after he finds her lifeless body. Pregnant and dead he takes the brain out of her dead child and places it into hers thus creating a child in a woman's body so to speak. It's a twisted tale of Frankenstein and one that is utterly captivating as it is revolting in parts.

Performance wise it really doesn't get better than Poor Things. Emma Stone is on top form in a performance that almost 24 hours later I am still thinking about. It is raw, emotional and very complex. Her manner of speaking is both that of a child and a sophistaced woman all rolled into one. Her performance is so good you almost forgot she's playing a role as just by the look of her big bulgey eyes she draws you into her world one that is full of adventure and whimsical creations. Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe offer excellent backup to Stone leaving a mulgimation of extremely good acting performances. 


Poor Things is an experience let me tell you. At times it is chewing gum for the eyes while others it is utter filth as there is pretty much nothing left to the imaginiatio. That being said it is viciously hilariously as one liner after one liner lands directly as intended. Poor Things may very well end up being one of the best movies of 2024 and it's only January. This is one you just must go and see! 

★★★★★

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fighting with my Family review

Image
The Knight Family are a unique bunch to say the least. Not only do all the children wrestle but so do the mother and father. And out of that we got Paige. Florence Pugh stars as Saraya Knight a young girl from Norwich England. Her brother Zak Knight played by Jack Lowden has one dream. Of making it to the WWE and he will do anything to make it all possible. At it's core Fighting With My Family is exactly what the title says. A family who fight as we're shown the entire Knight family wrestling in small venues in Norwich. Ricky Knight who is the father wants so much for his kids to succeed and after sending tapes to WWE for them to review and possibly accept both Saraya and Zak for a tryout the family gets it's wish as WWE visits the UK for it's European tour. This is when we meet Vince Vaughn's character who is the guy in charge of recruiting talent and pushing them to see how far they can go and how much they have in them to make it to the top. Fighting With...
Read more

Gotham 5x1 : Year Zero review

Image
Be warned there will be *SPOILERS* involved in this review. With that being said let's get into it Gotham finally returns for it's fifth and sadly last season and with a run of only 12 episodes there is a lot to get through and eventually wrap up. It begins on Day 391 of No Man's Land as the final battle for Gotham comes to a head as Captain Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Riddler and even Penguin all suit up and get loaded for combat as all men led by many more GCPD officers open fire from a top a massive wall as Jim Gordon says ''For Gotham'' this of course is going to be the end of the season but let's go all the way back to day 87 of No Man's Land where we see Gordon talking to someone on a radio. He explains the situation currently going on in Gotham. He says various villains have taken over their own terrirtorys for example The Penguin has taken over Gotham City Hall, Scarecrow has his own little area, Mr Freeze and Firefly are at war with one ano...
Read more

Superman & Lois 3x13 : What Kills You Only Makes You Stronger review

Image
                Be warned there will be SP OILERS* inv olved in this review. With that being said let's get into it. Season 3 of Superman and Lois has come to and end in the most devastatingly epic way. The finale opens up with Sam Lane telling Lois and Clark that Lex Luthor is nowhere to be found. Clark adds more to this by saying he can't hear him either but Lois is not convinced after all Lex did literally threaten her at the end of last weeks episode. A meteor shower is planned for the evening right at the center of Smallville town so you just know something is going to go down then and as expected something major does go down but more on that a bit later. As the boys leave the house Lois tells Clark that she is ready to be intimate again and the two fly off to a private secluded area where they can be together for the first time since Lois had her breasts removed due to her cancer. It's a tender moment and one that does feel very important fo...
Read more