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Film Review - Poor Things

Film Review - Poor Things

Darkly comic feminist emancipation fable? Allegorical apologia for OnlyFans? Either way, Emma Stone is extraordinary

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Jan 12, 2024
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Emma Stone’s performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things is what critics euphemistically term “committed” or “fearless”. Most of the time, that’s code for lots of sex and nudity, and both are plentiful here. Nevertheless, Emma Stone gives a remarkably spirited turn in this satirical science fiction black comedy, adapted from t…

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