Poor Things
- 2024 film
Black, period sci-fi comedy about a young Victorian woman who is brought back to life by an eccentric scientist. Stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott and more.
Streaming rank this week: 109
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Poor Things review: A beautifully bonkers movie to lighten up your January
It might be early into 2024 but the proclamation sounds that Poor Things is the best film of the year (so far).
Julie Brinking, Brig Newspaper, 16th January 2024Emma Stone: Sex scenes in Poor Things are 'honest'
Emma Stone has defended graphic sex scenes in Yorgos Lanthimos's Oscar-tipped film Poor Things, saying they are true to her character's experience.
Emma Saunders, BBC, 16th January 2024Poor Things thrives at UK-Ireland box office with £1.6m opening
Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things got off to an excellent start at second place in the UK-Ireland box office; as musical Wonka held top spot for a sixth consecutive weekend.
Ben Dalton, Screen Daily, 15th January 2024Poor Things didn't let down Alasdair Gray or Glasgow, we did
Even if Lanthimos decided to base his film in Glasgow, it questions if Scotland's filmmaking infrastructure could facilitate such an involved and specific production design.
Derek McArthur, The Herald, 15th January 2024Poor Things gets girls' early sexual feelings right
While some critics lauded Poor Things as a feminist exploration of sexual liberation, others saw it as a male director and screenwriter's exploitative attempt to portray female sexuality.
Saskia Roberts, The Conversation, 15th January 2024Poor Things review
Emma Stone transfixes in Yorgos Lanthimos's thrilling carnival of oddness.
Wendy Ide, The Observer, 14th January 2024Poor Things: 'I don't mind they erased Glasgow from dad's book'
Original novelist Alasdair Gray's son Andrew, who looks after the Gray estate, believes the production and its entire cast and crew treated the book with respect.
Pauline McLean, BBC, 13th January 2024Poor Things is weird and wonderful - but not so weird I had to Google it afterwards
You won't be able to keep your eyes of Emma Stone.
Deborah Ross, The Spectator, 13th January 2024Poor Things review
Emma Stone's beguilingly bonkers performance is worthy of an Oscar.
Brian Viner, Daily Mail, 12th January 2024Poor Things: What I thought of the film as an Alasdair Gray fanatic
Gavin Lundy is the co-founder of Ossian Scotland, alongside Jack O'Neil. Together the pair make documentaries on all aspects of Scotland's history and culture. Their latest film Poor Things and Alasdair Gray's Legacy brings together friends, former assistants, and biographers of Alasdair to explore his work and the controversy surrounding the removal of Glasgow from the film adaptation of Poor Things.
Gavin Lundy, The National (Scotland), 12th January 2024