This is Martha. She is my new friend who has not been fucked in twenty years. Is that not ashtonishment?
Year: 2023
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers: Tony McNamara, Alasdair Gray
Starring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Vicki Pepperdine, Ramy Youssef, Kate Handford, Owen Good, Tom Stourton, Margaret Qualley
What is this about: Retro futuristic dark comedy drama movie with hint of bodyhorror like fantasy and a biographical feeling as the story follows life of Bella Baxter - a scientific test of a mad scientist. Bella is born in a adult body with a developing brain of a kid and she lives unaware of social norms and the right way to behave.
Content warnings: Violence, sexual scenes
Best about it: Costume design, imaginary visuality, great characters, unexpected plot twists
How was it: Beautiful, partly unpleasant, visually and emotionally versatile. Movie starts black and white and ends in full color.
Goodness: 5/5
Weirdness: 5/5
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