“I have adventured it and found nothing but sugar and violence.“
A succulent fable derived from classic literature, Poor Things is simultaneously a modern feminine-led Frankenstein retelling and a coming of age story, focusing on Bella Baxter (Emma Stone in a career-best performance) who has been reanimated, as Baxter affectionately claims, by the misunderstood and visually striking Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). What entails within is nothing short of unexpected when Baxter embarks on the journey of a lifetime to experience…