Poor Things Review: A Strange & Joyous Odyssey Features Emma Stone At Her Best

Poor Things could be easily slotted into any number of genres — a coming-of-age tale, a sex comedy, a riff on the Frankenstein trope. Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, like its protagonist Bella Baxter, defies categorization to become something else altogether — a horny, hedonistic, and hysterical gem of a film with an all-time great performance from Emma Stone. Lanthimos has often bewildered audiences with his sensibilities, but Bella Baxter proves to be the perfect muse for the director’s inherent curiosity, a lens through which to look at the world that reveals harsh truths and startling beauty.