Atom User Reviews for Poor Things

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Verified Review

So no one is going to even acknowledge the fact that the main character has the brain of a child and is engaging in horrifically lewd sexual activity?? Pedophilic and disgusting. I love Yorgos' style, creativity and originality, but this was absolutely abhorrent. As a woman, I found it grotesquely offensive. This is not feminism.

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Niah V
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#creepy
#leavekidsathome
#boring
#slow
#terrifying
#intense
#notmyfave

misleading movie, very horrible, not comedy as stated, false trailer and depictions.

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Shereen S
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#horrible
#creepy
#notmyfave

Just cuz Ema Stone acts in a movie does not mean its gonna be good. there were no warning signs of this movie being so creepy and R++ rated.. I thought 2023 movie Menu was bad ,, but this one tops that. walked out of theater after suffering for 40 Minutes.

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Cajun C
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Terrible! This movie has ross nudity, low budget, bad writing, nothing good to even say about the first 30 minutes, we left after that and we weren’t the first to walk out either. Worst movie I have gone to hands down. 0 stars!

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Liz J
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Just awful & obscene! I hadn’t read anything about the movie before going in, but I liked Emma Stone and thought I would give it a go. Big mistake! I wasn’t expecting the sex-crazed character portrayed by Emma Stone. I walked out, when I couldn’t tolerate sitting through it anymore. This was a total waste of time and money, and now I can’t trust Emma Stone anymore to choose a good movie to be in.

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Sonflower T
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#formidable

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Tim C
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Style, directing, costume and set design - beautiful Plot and dialogue - ehh

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Andrea B
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#greatcast
#greatvisualfx

Astoundingly weird, grotesque in places, and darkly humorous. Had a great time with it

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Keith B
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Not family friendly at all!! Very different

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christy N
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#seeingitagain
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I am obsessed! Great movie!

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Mariana T
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#boring
#cliché
#snoozefest

this had SO MUCH potential. and my disappointment has nothing to do with the sex scenes, more so the context and nuance behind them (emma stones character is literally a child in an adults body) and the gross lack of actual story. the movie could have started so many essential conversations about womanhood and feminism. they also couldve done so much with the ending, regarding the estranged husband. they didnt. this movie disappointed at every turn. it was visually beautiful, but fell flat everywhere else.

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Heavenly M
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#intense
#leavekidsathome
#bizarre
#surprising
#quirky

Lots of sex scenes. Bizarre and quirky film. Girl meets world and feminism. Sexual awakening of Frankenstein.

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Melinda C
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#terrifying

You’ll love it or hate it lol

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Ashana S
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#porn

unbelievable how 75% of this movie was sex scenes.

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BARBARA M
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Best movie I’ve seen in years!

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Julia J
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Awful movie

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Patricia F
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#smart
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#mustsee
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#great
#datenight

Good movie. Funny. empowering. great visuals. discovering human nature **

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keyona T
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This movie is one of the worst movies I've seen since Dumb and Dumber! which I walked out on. Don't waste your money! Watch it on Netflix

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Joan A
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#original
#clever

Great movie The entire cast is top notch The story is engrossing visually captvating and this is Emma Stone's best performance to date A must see in the theater this was my second time seeing it

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David M
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#blockbuster
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Emma Stone is fantastic using such a range of emotions and actions!

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Pamela P
Verified Review
#fantasy
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Amazing , watching for a 3rd time tonight

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Alexyz C
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#creepy
#justokay
#slow

Not sure what all the hype is about

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AJ A
Verified Review

I really, really….need to punch that baby.

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Tom M
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#awardbuzz
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#smart
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#fantasy

Wasn’t expecting that but it was great

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Justin L
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#original

Odd.

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Jenna F
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#creepy
#notmyfave

Great cast, lousy script. It’s all about sex. Not even a good sex story. Kind of creepy when you think it’s a child’s brain in a grown woman having all that sex… Not my fave.

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Joel C
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#clever
#mustsee
#smart
#greatvisualfx

Great visuals. Great story. Amazing cast. Great production design. It touches on the absurdities and complexities of life.

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Teresa A
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#hilarious
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#leavekidsathome
#emmastone
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Bizarre, hilarious, and ultimately profoundly heartwarming.

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Jon P
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Andrea G
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Jackson W
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Eijae Z
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Selene C
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Sam M
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Michael O
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Alozie N
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Gayle M
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Kirsten S
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Yami R
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Alondra D
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Peter I
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Ali J
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Anthony S
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Karen R
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Joseph G
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Sarah P
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Thinh H
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Maggie M
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Amber H
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Brad H

Metacritic

100
Dec 8, 2023

Both literary and cinematic, “Poor Things” gives the audience everything we can ask for in a film—beauty and wonder; hefty ideas and clever storytelling; twists, shocks and laughter.

Metacritic review by Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
Wall Street Journal
80
Dec 8, 2023

It has plenty of the bizarre visual flair Lanthimos cut his teeth on, from his signature extreme wide angles up to and including a bulldog with the head of a duck frolicking through a grand living room. Yet Poor Things, based on a 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, is joyous in its weirdness, joyous in its exploration and celebration of its strange, strange world. This movie is incredibly fun to watch.

Constance Grady
Vox
90
Sep 1, 2023

Lanthimos may have cobbled together a rambunctious psychosexual odyssey from many Frankensteinian parts — a little “Alice in Wonderland,” a dash of “Metropolis,” a soupçon of Voltaire by way of the Marquis de Sade — but he and his skilled collaborators have marshaled them into a remarkably coherent and purposeful vision.

Metacritic review by Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times