The latest film from Disney studio Searchlight Pictures depicts a feminist's literary dream, where a female lead is lauded for promiscuity and her defiance of societal norms in a time when both are most unbecoming.
"Poor Things," starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and outspoken progressive Mark Ruffalo, has received a litany of reviews praising its celebration of feminist doctrine. Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a reanimated corpse with the brain of an unborn child.
The plot very obviously pulls from the original "Frankenstein" book, which is made even more apparent by the depiction of the mad scientist character, played by Dafoe.