Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ and its strange approach to the coming of age genre

Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ and its strange approach to the coming of age genre

Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, “Poor Things,” is a bizarre yet hilarious reimagination of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” The film, based on a novel of the same name written by the Scottish author Alasdair Gray and published in 1992, uses mesmerizing cinematography inspired by surrealist art, catches the viewer’s eye and engages them in this eccentric coming-of-age story.