An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.An account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- Won 4 Oscars
- 113 wins & 405 nominations total
Anders Olof Grundberg
- Kid in London Street
- (as Anders Grundberg)
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- TriviaMark Ruffalo had a lot of doubts about his performance during the shoot. He often half-joked that his friend Oscar Isaac, who was filming on a nearby sound stage, was going to be called in to replace him. One day, Willem Dafoe pranked Ruffalo by taking him to a room where Isaac (who was in on the joke) was waiting. Isaac and Dafoe informed Ruffalo he was fired and, indeed, getting replaced by Isaac.
- GoofsWhen Bella returns to London to visit the dying Godwin; she gets off the carriage and closes the door with her empty right hand. However in the next immediate cut when the carriage drives away, she is now holding her luggage with the right hand. In addition in the preceding black and white scene, she is holding the bag with her left hand.
- Quotes
Bella Baxter: [on the wailing infant] I must go punch that baby.
- Crazy creditsThe opening and closing credits are shown as a frame around the image.
- Alternate versionsUK version was cut in one sex scene to secure an "18" rating. The cut(s) were made to this scene because it was in the presence of children within in the movie. Under UK law, this could be illegal and therefore required removal before being shown at cinemas or distributed within the country.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Movies of 2023 (2023)
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Darkly Comic Frankenbarbie
Differing from Alasdair Gray's 1990s novel of the same name in that the book told Bella's fantastical story from her husband's point of view, and also a rebuttal of it from Bella's.
The film chronicles Bella's life as a resurrected young woman who must learn how to be - from walking to talking to building relationships, all at an accelerated rate of discovery.
It's a film that's bound to be divisive, not just because the scope of Yorgos Lanthimos' particularly peculiar eye is darkly comic tonally, but his eye for visuals and ear for how dialogue is delivered is invariably 'off' in ways that can be discordant. At the end of our viewing we heard a young couple in the cinema argue about it: him - I'm not ever going to see a film with you again without watching the trailer first!
As if that would help! Yorgos Lanthimos' films are all on brand, so it's not very likely that anyone who doesn't like one will find the others any more accessible. He doesn't do the easy thing.
Neither does Emma Stone. After playing disappointingly vacuous in The Curse, here she puts herself wholly into an unabashed portrayal of a fully grown newborn woman embarking on a voyage (in every sense) of self-discovery. Bella is wonderful and engaging and absolutely delightful, an uplifting force that rises far above what all the grounded and desolate men about her would rather her be.
The fools.
The film chronicles Bella's life as a resurrected young woman who must learn how to be - from walking to talking to building relationships, all at an accelerated rate of discovery.
It's a film that's bound to be divisive, not just because the scope of Yorgos Lanthimos' particularly peculiar eye is darkly comic tonally, but his eye for visuals and ear for how dialogue is delivered is invariably 'off' in ways that can be discordant. At the end of our viewing we heard a young couple in the cinema argue about it: him - I'm not ever going to see a film with you again without watching the trailer first!
As if that would help! Yorgos Lanthimos' films are all on brand, so it's not very likely that anyone who doesn't like one will find the others any more accessible. He doesn't do the easy thing.
Neither does Emma Stone. After playing disappointingly vacuous in The Curse, here she puts herself wholly into an unabashed portrayal of a fully grown newborn woman embarking on a voyage (in every sense) of self-discovery. Bella is wonderful and engaging and absolutely delightful, an uplifting force that rises far above what all the grounded and desolate men about her would rather her be.
The fools.
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- Mike_O_Dwyer
- Jan 14, 2024
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- Also known as
- Pobres criaturas
- Filming locations
- Origo Film Studio, Budapest, Hungary(soundstages)
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- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,553,225
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $661,230
- Dec 10, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $117,463,328
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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