There's a lot going on here, and while pretty much all of it is entertaining in various degrees (if you liked Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things you'll love him here!) I wish maybe one or two of the subplots had been trimmed to let the others breathe. It feels like a jumble of interesting and/or fun ideas that, while nicely shot and acted, don't totally gel.
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