You wouldn’t think that anything could compete with the bathtub scene from ‘Saltburn‘, but apparently new Emma Stone movie ‘Poor Things’, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, has already managed to outdo it in terms of mentally scarring its viewers.
In fact ‘Poor Things’ is so f*cked up that a sex scene reportedly had to be re-edited in order to comply with film laws in the UK.
In the movie, Emma Stone plays Bella Baxter, a woman who’s been brought back to life by having her baby’s brain replace hers. Which sounds weird enough, but gets even weirder when you watch the trailer:
Despite the producers being ordered to re-edit the film for release, it still managed an ’18’ rating, which isn’t too shocking considering the scene in question involves Emma Stone being hired as a prostitute by a man who makes his two young sons watch.
The British Board of Film Classifications (BBFC) said they’d give the film an 18 rating as long as it changed a scene which was ‘depicting sexual activity in the presence of children’.
In any case, it’s well worth a watch if the reviews are anything to go by (94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.4 on IMDB). The general consensus on social media seems to be that it’s even more disturbing than Saltburn:
poor things makes saltburn look like a Disney channel movie
— pierre🦈 (@pierre_ie) January 13, 2024
saltburn this saltburn that why did no one tell to not see poor things with my dad
— mar (@itsmariannnna) December 29, 2023
Saw a preview of Poor Things last night it was possibly one of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen, and in an era of Saltburn that’s saying something pic.twitter.com/Kg9T7TVQjC
— Fred Asquith (@fredasquith) January 11, 2024
stop watching saltburn go watch poor things
— Hoodie Allen (@HoodieAllen) January 6, 2024
You’ve seen Saltburn. I now raise you Poor Things
— Steph (@K_Steephen) January 14, 2024
Poor Things might just be even more bizarre than Saltburn pic.twitter.com/ehRrqOOAdn
— luizzz (@Lewisss1) January 13, 2024
I guess we’ll have to check it out then. ‘Poor Things’ is showing in cinemas now…
For a look at the trailer for Anne Hathaway’s disturbing new movie ‘Mother’s Instinct’, click HERE.
