Poster for the film 'Poor Things' (2023). Based on the 1992 novel 'Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer' by Alasdair Gray. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christoper Abbott, Suzy Bemba, Jerror Carmichael, Vicki Pepperdine, Margaret Qualley, Kathryn Winter and Hanna Schygulla.
On the poster an image of a dark brown haired woman (Emma Stone as Bella Baxter/Victoria Blessington) with blue eyes wearing a light blue Victorian era dress. The adornment on the chest of the dress appears like a tunnel opening. There are five supporting characters standing on the white cloth appearing like a flowing water from the tunnel's opening. From left to right: a moustached dark haired middle-aged man (Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn) wearing a long green coat and a dark suit, a moustached black man (Jerrod Carmichael as Harry Astley) wearing an orange blazer, greenish trousers and a waistcoat, a moustached dark haired man (Christopher Abbott as Alfie Blessington) wearing purple trousers, a white shirt and a dark blue waistcoat and holding a revolver in his right hand, a bearded dark brown haired man (Ramy Youssef as Max McCandles) wearing a black brimmed hat, a long purple coat and grey trousers and a disfigured older man (Willem Dafoe as Dr. Godwin Baxter) wearing a burgundy brimmed hat, a long burgundy coat and a dark suit and holding a brown leather bag in his left hand.
Collage of four frames from the film 'Poor Things' (2023).
Top left: A black haired woman (Emma Stone as Victoria Blessington) wearing a blue dress is standing with her back to the camera on a bridge railing. A cloudy dark sky in the background.
Top right: Black and white frame of a younger woman (Emma Stone as Bella Baxter) wearing a white bathrobe, shirt and shorts sitting (on the left) on a roof looking at the moustached middle-aged man (Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn) wearing a tuxedo sitting next to her (on the right).
Bottom left: Close-up of a dark brown haired woman (Emma Stone as Bella Baxter) wearing a light blue Victorian dress with a white ruffeled front standing outside on a street.
Bottom right: A retrofuturist steam ship on a sea at night with a cloudy starry sky. Island visible in the background in the distance on the left.
I am not a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos' films. On the contrary in fact. But #PoorThings isn't his weirdest movie either. So thanks to Emma Stone and the film's Jean-Pierre Jeunet-esque aesthetics it did work a bit for me. Not enough that I'd say that I would've genuinely liked it as a whole though. 📽️🎞️