"Poor Things" Tipped as Major Oscar Contender Despite Unconventional Themes

The film, starring Emma Stone, explores themes of self-actualization and sexual liberation, challenging societal norms and expectations.

"Poor Things", a film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo, is gaining attention for its unconventional, progressive, and uncomfortable themes, and is being tipped as a major contender for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars.
The film, which is a darkly comedic, sexually explicit, surrealist steampunk fantasy, follows the journey of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), the Frankenstein-esque creation of Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe).
Bella's physical, verbal, and intellectual abilities mature at a rapid pace, leading her on a journey of self-actualization as an independent woman, challenging sexual repression and societal norms.
In the final act of the film, Bella returns home to London, becomes a doctor, marries Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef), and confronts Alfie Blessington (Christopher Abbott), the husband of the woman whose body became Bella's own.
The film ends with Bella, Max, and Bella's co-worker and girlfriend Toinette (Suzy Bemba) spending time together in the garden, revealing that Alfie's brain has been switched with a goat's.