The Most Repulsive Part of ‘Poor Things’ Is Its Most Human

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If you’ve seen Poor Things, the marvelous new film from Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, chances are that you were expecting a wild, occasionally perverse ride. After all, Lanthimos—whose work includes films about crooked doctors being blackmailed by nefarious teens, single people being turned into animals if they don’t partner up, and needy, gout-stricken royalty—is known for his penchant for the peculiar. But whether...