POOR THINGS, or as it's been called in Spanish, POBRES CRIATURAS, is the film in which Emma Stone embodies the different ages of a woman, telling the audience that there are no bad human beings, only poor individuals trying to survive their pettiness and passions as best they can. It premiered in 2023 and was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, who tackles taboo subjects with the intelligence to surround his message with a superb aesthetic and a constant absurdist humor that allows the complexities to be perceived through the senses and ensures that the intellectual challenge doesn't scare off box office appeal.

POOR THINGS is the pulse of a cinema that continues to strengthen after being diagnosed as moribund following the pandemic lockdowns. It joins films like BABYLON from 2022, which clothe thorny themes in formal approaches that excite the senses and remind us that cinema is both an industry and an art form. POOR THINGS is science fiction that draws its roots from FRANKENSTEIN, the foundational novel of the genre, both for literature and for film. Its construction of "real" sets, not computer-generated, evokes the theatricality of the Baroque period. It is reminiscent of THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, the 1988 film directed by Terry Gilliam. In POOR THINGS, everything is highly refined, yet also very primal: sex, sweat, tears, and laughter.

POOR THINGS tells the story of a woman's journey through the wonders and shames of the world. Displaying remarkable intelligence, she doesn't let her antagonists or misfortune stop her; she presses on to return to her homeland and put them all in their rightful place.

So, if you're of legal age, go see the movie, take the anti-moralizing pill and let yourself go, because if we're lucky, you might apply something of what's taught there to your life, and above all, pay attention to the goats; the answer to the question of what to do with undesirable beings may lie in them.