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Disturbing, disgusting, and borderline satanic, it’s a shame that such beautiful scenery and costumes have been wasted on stomach-churning scenes. I won’t go into the gory details but I left the theatre deeply disturbed and with a bitter taste in my mouth. Also … it’s tediously long! If I wouldn’t have been with a group I would have left mid-movie. Spoilers: a woman who jumps off a bridge is brought back to life by a Frankenstein-like scientist. This is a warped coming of age story of a monstrous character who finds her sexuality but lacks a heart. Underdeveloped supporting characters glorify Bella’s intelligence and excuse her lack of empathy, poise and femininity as quirks of a genius. Is no surprise at all that the first suggested search on google when I typed in this title is “Poor Things runtime without credits” — at least I wasn’t the only one counting down the seconds until the end.