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RELEASE DATE RUNTIME IMDB ROTTENTOMATOES METACRITIC
Dec 8th, 2023 2hr 21m 8.5 93% 92

Premise:

The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.

Director(s):

Yorgos Lanthimos

Writer(s):

    Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray
CAST
Emma Stone ... Bella Baxter
Mark Ruffalo ... Duncan Wedderburn
Willem Dafoe ... Dr. Godwin Baxter
Vicki Pepperdine ... Mrs. Prim
Ramy Youssef ... Max McCandles

I'm going to leave this up for another week or so, since it seems to not be wide released yet.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I watched it at movie festival a month or so ago and I very much enjoyed it.

I had not seen any of the other movies by the director so I didn’t have any expectations whatsoever.

Emma Stone did an amazing job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh I didn’t know it’s already out. I think I only saw one teaser in the last few months. Love me some Yorgos. I’ll watch this asap and update this comment with my review.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Watched this last week. Great movie! Long but I wasn't tired of it at all at the end. Improbably happy ending by Lanthimos standards. Super lavish sets, lots of entertaining scenes, a whole lot of sex. In fact the movie goes from black and white to color about the time Bela runs off with the Ruffalo character to Lisbon - black and white pre-sex, and color after. Enjoyed the steampunk vibe. Main character is a bit of a Mary Sue, but I'll allow it.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This movie looks terrible to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I think you probably mean "It looks like I won't like it."

That way you aren't making an objective claim about its quality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you haven't seen it, you can just watch it and then confirm or deny. In the meantime this comment is just fluff.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

It's not a statement on the content, just a subjective interpretation of the preview material.

It's a fair point of view, just like I can say I've only heard good things about it without having seen it for myself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve seen the preview and it looks terrible. It’s not out yet. People share there thoughts about how a movie looks all the time.