The Voyeuristic Faux-Feminism of Poor Things

Lanthimos’s strength, to me, seemed to lie in crafting thought-provoking concepts, even when his execution was markedly wanting in depth. Poor Things continues this trend, featuring an intriguing set-up (based off the novel by Alasdair Gray) and a resulting film that is underwhelming eye-candy at best and morally transgressive at worst.