Poor Things was the real Barbenheimer all along.

A woman treated as a doll with no autonomy going on an adventure to discover the world.

A mad scientist experimenting with human lives.

Men who can only define themselves in relation to the women in their lives.

Philosophical questions about whether people are fundamentally cruel.

Kitchsy yet beautiful anachronistic set design.

A throwback to another era that feels pressingly relevant today.

A tiny fairy godmother character who extols the virtue of sexualizing young women.

A protagonist who has an existential crisis upon encountering the brutality of the real world.

A treatise on the importance and danger of curiosity and discovery.