Poor Things (OmU)

Filmarena

Der Film wird im englischen Original gezeigt mit deutschen Untertiteln.
The film is shown in the original English language with German subtitles.

Bella Baxter is a perfect film character: with the body of a woman and the brain of a child, she discovers her world in amazement and we do so with her. And this world is strange and wonderful and colorful and also black and white and simply cinematic down to the last detail.

Dr. Goodwin Baxter is a rather unconventional scientist, a creator who is not afraid to insert a baby's brain into a dead woman’s body and watch how the wonderful creature called Bella develops. But at some point the home is too colorless and too narrow for her and so she sets off on a journey through the world and discovers love and dispute, philosophy and injustice. Bella Baxter evaluates all of this in her very own magical way – and it is a true delight to accompany her on that path.

POOR THINGS won the Oscars in all equipment categories and rightly so; it has been a long time since there was such an opulent visual spectacle to marvel at. Lord knows, filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos didn't miss a beat. But to see Emma Stone here in her passionate joy of playing is a real miracle. And by the way, we reflect on our own world in this absurdly displaced fantasy and laugh, marvel, and become thoughtful in the end.