Part of Best Picture Marathon
Nominated for 11 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Stone), Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo), Directing, Cinematography, Film Editing, Production Design, Music (Original Score), Writing (Original Screenplay), Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
“Bella is a cinematic heroine for the ages and POOR THINGS is a unique piece of artistry. With Yorgos Lanthimos behind the camera, it's not hard to find it fascinating to be alive.”—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly “It’s a tour de force performance from Stone, gamely matched by Ruffalo, and complemented by the dreamy, madcap world Lanthimos and his talented collaborators have created.”—Hannah Strong, Little White Lies “The best film of Lanthimos’ career and already feels like an instant classic, mordantly funny, whimsical and wacky, unprecious and unpretentious, filled with so much to adore that to try and parse it all here feels like a pitiful response to the film’s ambitions.” —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire
