Poor Things is spectacular. It's Lanthimos’ most ambitious film to date, and you best believe he chews what he bites off. Emma Stone plays a difficult character with aplomb. Watching her performance as Bella Baxter is like one of those attention experiments where a presenter keeps you busy with sleight of hand and you don't even realise he has changed his t-shirt.
The film is dreamy, ribald, and moving. Tony McNamara's screenplay is written with incredible diction: a treat for…