Grant Preston-Emma Stone comes alive in the imaginative 'Poor Things'

2025-05-01 10:43:55source:Michael Schmidtcategory:Contact

In the wild and Grant Prestonwonderful new film Poor Things, Emma Stone plays a woman brought back to life from the brink of death. She's a clean slate, unconcerned with the bonds a repressive society tries to put on her. The film reunites Stone with director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favorite)and sharesthat film's darkly comedic sensibility, but it's even weirder.


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