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Poor Things
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*Poor Things* is a 2023 thriller, fantasy, and black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The screenplay was written by Tony McNamara, with Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, and Emma Stone serving as producers. The cast includes Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, and Mark Ruffalo. The film was produced by Film4 Productions and TSG Entertainment, and distributed by Searchlight Pictures and Disney+. It was released in the United States, United Kingdom, and Republic of Ireland.
The film has a runtime of 141 minutes and a budget of 35,000,000. It received a Metascore of 88, a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 92%, and an IMDb rating of 7.7. *Poor Things* won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, the Golden Lion, and the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
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Film · TMDB
7.6Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Cast
- Emma Stone as Bella Baxter
- Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn
- Willem Dafoe as Godwin Baxter
- Ramy Youssef as Max McCandles
- Christopher Abbott as Alfie Blessington
- Suzy Bemba as Toinette
Themes
- ship
- london, england
- experiment
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- obsession
- lisbon, portugal
- crooked lawyer
- love
- domestic abuse
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
391,223 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
88/100
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 4 Oscars. 121 wins & 427 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Screenplay by
- Tony McNamara
- Based on
- Poor Things , by Alasdair Gray
- Produced by
- Ed Guiney Andrew Lowe Yorgos Lanthimos Emma Stone
- Starring
- Emma Stone Mark Ruffalo Willem Dafoe Ramy Youssef Christopher Abbott Jerrod Carmichael
- Cinematography
- Robbie Ryan
- Edited by
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Music by
- Jerskin Fendrix
- Production companies
- Film4 Element Pictures Fruit Tree Limp
- Distributed by
- Searchlight Pictures
- Release dates
- September 1, 2023 ( 2023-09-01 ) ( Venice ) December 8, 2023 ( 2023-12-08 ) (United States) January 12, 2024 ( 2024-01-12 ) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
- Running time
- 142 minutes
- Countries
- Ireland United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $35 million
- Box office
- $117.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Poor Things is a 2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara, based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. It follows Bella Baxter, a young woman in Victorian London whose body is brought back to life via a brain transplant.
Principal photography took place in Hungary from August to December 2021. Poor Things premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2023, where it won the Golden Lion. The film received critical acclaim and was released theatrically in the United States on December 8, 2023, and in Ireland and the United Kingdom on January 12, 2024, by Searchlight Pictures. It became a box office success, grossing over $117 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million, becoming Lanthimos' highest-grossing film.
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