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Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'

In Poor Things, Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a woman created as part of a back-from-the-dead mad science experiment. Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures hide caption

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Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'

Emma Stone stars as an adult woman with the anarchic spirit of a very young child in a strangely touching film that's filled with transgressive sex, sadistic power games and grisly violence.

Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'

In Poor Things, Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a woman created as part of a back-from-the-dead mad science experiment. Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures hide caption

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Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures

Movie Reviews

Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'

Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'

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