---
title: 'Poor Things (2023)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yorgos Lanthimos'
released: '2023-09-01'
runtime_minutes: 141
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/poor-things-2023'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Poor Things (2023)

2023 · R · 141 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States, Ireland


## Synopsis

Poor Things is a 2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara, based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. A co-production between Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the film stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. It follows Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman in Victorian London whose body is reanimated by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe).

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Emma Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-stone), [Yorgos Lanthimos](https://cinepixo.com/people/yorgos-lanthimos), [Andrew Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-lowe), [Ed Guiney](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-guiney)
- **Director:** [Yorgos Lanthimos](https://cinepixo.com/people/yorgos-lanthimos)
- **Screenplay:** [Tony McNamara](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-mcnamara)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerskin Fendrix](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerskin-fendrix)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robbie Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robbie-ryan)
- **Editor:** [Yorgos Mavropsaridis](https://cinepixo.com/people/yorgos-mavropsaridis)

## Cast

- [Tom Stourton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stourton)
- [Kathryn Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-hunter)
- [Christopher Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-abbott) as Sir Aubrey de la Pole Blessington
- [Emma Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-stone) as Bella Baxter
- [Damien Bonnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-bonnard)
- [Keeley Forsyth](https://cinepixo.com/people/keeley-forsyth)
- [Ramy Youssef](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramy-youssef) as Max McCandless
- [Mark Ruffalo](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-ruffalo) as Duncan Wedderburn
- [Carminho](https://cinepixo.com/people/carminho)
- [Vicki Pepperdine](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicki-pepperdine)
- [Jerrod Carmichael](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerrod-carmichael) as Harry Astley
- [Suzy Bemba](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzy-bemba)
- [Margaret Qualley](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-qualley)
- [Willem Dafoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-dafoe) as Dr. Godwin Baxter
- [Hanna Schygulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-schygulla)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/poor-things/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/poor-things-2023
Film facts: Wikidata (Q108760382); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.