{"id":288197,"date":"2024-01-24T16:33:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/singapore\/?p=288197"},"modified":"2024-01-26T00:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:56:53","slug":"poor-things-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/singapore\/poor-things-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Things movie review: A Frankenstein creation that&#8217;s disturbingly brilliant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poor Things is a Frankenstein of a film that had me transfixed in all its incredulity. Look away now if you don\u2019t want spoilers! For everyone else, here\u2019s a quick refresher: the movie takes us on Bella\u2019s journey as a woman with an infant\u2019s brain implanted into her skull by Dr Godwin Baxter, a celebrated scientist and her father of sorts. Her journey into adulthood is mired by feelings of confusion as she feels suffocated by Baxter\u2019s controlling nature, and, desperate to explore the world, she escapes and travels the globe. Don\u2019t be fooled into thinking this is a feel-good, coming-of-age movie though\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>All dark, no comedy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"POOR THINGS | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RlbR5N6veqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Playing an infant as an adult may sound comical, yet Emma Stone&#8217;s portrayal is anything but. It\u2019s so convincingly done, in fact, that I failed to get any comic relief from it. Sure, there are hints at humour throughout the film, but I wouldn\u2019t classify them as comic relief \u2013 at no point did I truly feel \u2018relieved\u2019. The film&#8217;s dark undercurrent kept me transfixed, as Bella&#8217;s progression into womanhood unfolds with a mesmerising, albeit disturbing, brilliance.<\/p>\n<h3>Disorienting questions<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288203\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288203 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film gives us philosophical quotes like, \u201cWho am I lying in a feather bed while dead babies lie in a ditch?\u201d (Bella) and \u201cHope is smashable. Realism is not.\u201d (Harry). Bella\u2019s time on a cruise ship sees her take a reality hit when Harry (a newfound friend and perennial cynic) leads her to a scene beyond the ship\u2019s luxurious walls, where Bella discovers the dark reality of slums (hence the \u201cdead babies\u201d quote).<\/p>\n<p>This brings the issue of class divide to the forefront of the viewer\u2019s mind \u2013 yet another uncomfortable topic that whirs in your brain while you munch on your popcorn. Add to that the question of ethics and my mind was spinning: is there a moral debate here when Harry is essentially showing a kid morbid scenes of death? Because at this point, it appears like Bella\u2019s brain is that of a child\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288205\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288205 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things movie\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bella seemed to fully mature only after spending time in a brothel. I couldn\u2019t help feeling the discomfort of knowing that she was essentially a sex worker while she had the mental capacity of a child. Or at best, an adolescent. The nude and sexually suggestive scenes go beyond the brothel though (and it starts with Bella at an uncomfortably young mental age). That\u2019s likely why this movie wasn\u2019t approved for general screening in the usual cinemas. But nudity in this film isn&#8217;t just a cheap thrill to draw in the crowd; the stripped down scenes were an astute dive into the themes of Bella\u2019s self-discovery, agency, and independence.<\/p>\n<h3>Wielding colour like a sword<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288199\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288199 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things movie review\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film\u2019s colour (or lack thereof) is a subtle yet ingenious storytelling tool. It opens with colour before cutting to black and white. We soon realise that the scenes devoid of colour mainly depict the times and places where Bella lacks agency and freedom. Flashbacks to her past as an adult woman are shown in hues that match their location; while her time in Portugal was colour graded to manic, almost psychedelic saturation.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end, Bella&#8217;s return to her former \u201cprison\u201d (i.e. Dr Baxter\u2019s home and lab) with newfound agency sees the space awash in homely hues where there were none before, as she strode in as a fully independent woman.<\/p>\n<h3>Romantic, or plain weird?<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288201\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288201 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-review-1-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-review-1-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-review-1-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-review-1.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The film brings to mind questions of what is acceptable romantic love. Max, a student of Dr Baxter, has a \u201clove at first sight\u201d moment when he sees Bella for the first time, seemingly purely based on her outer beauty. Bella, however, has the brain of a child (literally, as the viewer soon finds out), with the motor skills of a toddler and no potty training.<\/p>\n<p>As he tracks Bella\u2019s development, it seems he falls in love with her, despite her not having the emotional or intellectual capacity of an adult. At this point, are his feelings morally wrong? It could be inferred that he was developing romantic feelings for a child. That said, Max\u2019s upstanding character doesn\u2019t get physical with Bella, and only asks for her hand in marriage after her progression to a full grown adult.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288202\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288202 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-2024-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things movie review 2024\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-2024-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-2024-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-movie-review-2024.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then there\u2019s Duncan who, after discovering that Bella seemed to be intellectually challenged, takes advantage of her while in Dr. Baxter\u2019s abode. He whisks her away on a whirlwind tour of Europe later. On their travels, we see a grown man falling in love with Bella\u2019s juvenile self. (Not without sleeping with her first, of course.)<\/p>\n<p>When Bella grew into adulthood and started reading philosophy, at one point, Duncan got frustrated and threw her book away. He even lamented that Bella was losing her \u201cadorable\u201d way of speaking \u2013 presumably, referring to her lack of proper speech. And make no mistake: the way she spoke wasn\u2019t akin to an adult pretending to be whiny or \u201ccute\u201d, it was the manner of speech of a child learning a new language. And it was the latter that Duncan apparently preferred.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288204\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-288204 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-Emma-Stone-900x643.png\" alt=\"Poor things - Emma Stone\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-Emma-Stone-900x643.png 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-Emma-Stone-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/Poor-things-Emma-Stone.png 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Imdb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of the characters (ahem, Bella\u2019s ex-husband) subscribe to the traditional concepts of misogyny and patriarchy. But thankfully, 21st century logic prevails in the end, with Bella gaining agency and Max asking for her hand in marriage as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>There are other plot twists which I won\u2019t spoil, and the ending is technically a happy one. Some die, some live. There\u2019s also gin and a Frankenstein goat. But I still can\u2019t get the litany of uncomfortable questions and scenes out of my head. Ingenious colour grading and whimsical yet creepy music all add to the disorienting effect of this film. At the end, I left the theatre with a general sense of unease, but in awe of its brilliance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Catch upcoming screenings of <a href=\"https:\/\/theprojector.sg\/films-and-events\/poor-things\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Poor Things<\/a> at the Projector from now till January 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor Things is a Frankenstein of a film that had me transfixed in all its incredulity. Look away now if you don\u2019t want spoilers! 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