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Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Kinds of Kindness (2024)

Less Poor Things and more Dogtooth, this Yorgos Lanthimos movie can be divisive and dumbfounding, but damn if it doesn’t make you think

7.1

Movie

Ireland, United Kingdom
English
Comedy, Drama
2024
YORGOS LANTHIMOS
Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Hunter Schafer
164 min

TLDR

Lanthimos is back in his Dogtooth/The Lobster era, and I’m here for it.

What it's about

In this three-part anthology, Lanthimos mainstays (a stacked cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Willem Dafoe) act as different people who display varying degrees of desperation.

The take

Kinds of Kindness is three different short films stacked into one. They don’t share a lot of similarities, except that their characters are played by the same actors, all of whom excellently display varying degrees of isolation and desperation. None of these people are likable—in fact, they’re despicable—but damn if they don’t make you stop and think about what you’re watching. There’s a hitman who struggles with his guilty conscience, a plane crash survivor who may or may not have infectious cannibalism, and a cult member obsessed with cementing her status in the group. You’ll need about a day to process this deeply disturbing movie, but you won’t for a second doubt seeing it in all its glorious weirdness.

What stands out

The structure, which may be hit-or-miss among audiences, but I loved it.

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