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“Poor Things” is not immune to negative reviews and Emma Stone knows this. That’s why he spoke out about those who believe it is a sexist film
There are definitely films that you either love completely or hate with all your heart. And believe it or not, one of these tapes is it Poor thingsone of the protagonists of the 2024 awards season and about which opinions are divided. Well, just as there are those who loved this production starring Emma Stone, others strongly believe that it is sexist and much more.
In this story directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Stone plays Bella Baxter, a dead woman who is brought back to life by a strange scientist in Victorian London An unborn baby’s brain is implanted into its head. To get to know the world, Bella embarks on a personal and sexual journey of discovery. alongside Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo).
Emma Stone comments on sexist criticism of “Poor Things”
Maybe they didn’t expect it, but Poor things It received many reviews, both good and bad.. Above all, there were those who screamed to the heavens when they thought about it The story is about consent issues considering Bella has the brain of a girlwhile The fact that it is directed by a man, Lanthimos, might suggest that it is sexist…just like you read it.
Naturally Emma Stone is aware of the criticism of this film (which won him the Golden Globe and probably won him his second Oscar). However, Only now did the actress decide to talk about all these controversies and, most importantly, made it clear that she has a completely different view of the story. compared to the negative comments they made on the Internet of Things.
It turns out that in an interview for The times, They asked Emma about this situation Poor things and initially stated that he did not identify the sexist behaviors in the film like many other people: “If it helps, as a person who played and produced her, I never saw her in any of those scenes as a child.”
Emma Stone continued to engage in film criticism in the age of social mediaand revealed that since then, in his opinion, everyone is free to interpret the films as they wish A tape resonates differently with each of us.
“My mother has a saying that at the beginning of a relationship you say, ‘Oh, we’re so in love that we finish each other’s sentences.’ And then over time it becomes like, “You keep interrupting me. This can also happen in a relationship with cinema, especially a film like this, which raises more questions than answers. I know people who have seen the film and think it is the cutest romantic comedy, and others who have seen it with a finger in the face. And that’s great.”
Naturally in the words of Emma, the director of Poor thingsYorgos Lanthimos did not hesitate to express his opinion on the matter: “If you take a film so literally and start discussing it through the mind of a child, then you miss the point of the entire narrative. “If you start analyzing the film as something that would actually happen, then of course the film doesn’t work.”
How do you see all this? Do you share the criticism or do you think it is exaggerated? In any case, this film starring Emma Stone caused a lot of controversy. Yet despite these types of comments We cannot deny that the film is a true marvel and is a breath of fresh air in the film industry..