REVIEW: POOR THINGS, Electrifying Frankenstein Parable Is Beautfiul Chaos

Yorgos Lanthimos’ eclectic filmography unabashedly refuses to engage with normality, and it is all the better for it. Between the weirdly romantic “The Lobster” and the brazenly brilliant “The Favourite,” his absurdist storytelling is never short of compelling at the very minimum. His latest, “Poor Things”, is no different. Existing in a strange, abstract universe to our own, Lanthimos’ brilliantly bonkers newest entrant into his filmography is a wild, stylish, devilishly entertaining feast for the eyes that playfully interprets “Frankenstein’s Monster” mythology with a sense of panache, twisting it into a unique and gleefully macabre Victorian era parable for the patriarchal tendencies of man.

This review was posted on September 1st 2023. Full review linked below.

https://nextbestpicture.com/poor-things/