Netflix subscribers can now watch one of Emma Stone‘s award-winning comedy movies from Searchlight Pictures. Beginning today, 2023’s acclaimed black comedy film Poor Things is finally available to stream on Netflix.
What do we know about Emma Stone’s Poor Things movie?
In Poor Things, Stone played the leading role of Bella Baxter, who gets resurrected from the dead after a mad scientist replaces her brain with her unborn fetus’s brain. For her performance in the 2023 movie, Stone won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following its premiere, the film received a Fresh score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 381 reviews.
“The film follows the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter,” reads the synopsis. Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.”
Poor Things was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, with Tony McNamara writing the screenplay. It was based on Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel of the same name. This served as the acclaimed filmmaker’s second feature-length collaboration with Stone. The ensemble cast also included Willem Dafoe as Godwin Baxter, Mark Ruffalo as Duncan Wedderburn, Ramy Youssef as Max McCandless, Jerrod Carmichael as Harry Astley, Christopher Abbott as Sir Aubrey de la Pole Blessington, Margaret Qualley as Felicity, and Kathryn Hunter as Swiney.
