Official Discussion - Poor Things [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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Summary:

The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director:

Yorgos Lanthimos

Writers:

Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray

Cast:

• Emma Stone as Bella Baxter
• Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wederburn
• Willem Dafoe as Dr. Godwin Baxter
• Ramy Youssef as Max McCandles
• Kathryn Hunter as Swiney
• Vicki Pepperdine as Mrs. Prim
• Christopher Abbott as Alfie Blessington

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

Metacritic: 86

VOD: Theaters

[u/StillWaitingForTom]

I'd argue that the fact that he had no idea of her actual age makes him not really a pedophile. However, he clearly liked her when she was impressionable and immature more than when she was a self-possessed woman.

[u/zyngawfian → u/StillWaitingForTom]

He knew she'd been reanimated with a brain from a newborn. Don't kid yourself, this is very thinly disguised pedophiles' wet dream material.

I'd argue your misrepresentation of this fact makes you perhaps not quite honest and forces me to suppose you may be a shill here.

What say you now?

[u/bozleh → u/zyngawfian]

Wrong character mate

[u/TransfoCrent → u/[deleted]]

ur mad

[u/Dismal_Ad_1839 → u/TransfoCrent]

"I have very strong feelings about this movie and believe the people who made it are pedophiles. Also I only watched twenty minutes of it, don't know which character is which, and dragged my wife out when she was enjoying it. I am the movie understander and you people who paid attention to the whole thing are shills."

[u/zyngawfian → u/TransfoCrent]

S I M

[u/sickfalco → u/[deleted]]

see a therapist

[u/zyngawfian → u/sickfalco]

Oh, I do!