Continuing my countdown of last year’s best films…

Best Films of 2023
#6. Poor Things

If you liked the themes in Barbie but felt the movie was missing graphic sex scenes and a chicken dog, have I got the film for you!

Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Frankenstein-esque fairy tale stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a suicide victim whose body has been reanimated with the brain of the fetus she was carrying. The film traces her development from toddlerhood through sexual awakening and intellectual enlightenment.

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