Emma Stone is up for another Oscar this Year.
What was her last Oscar Film?
Well, it was...
Her intelligence and motor skills are far behind what they should be and she's being observed by...
Willem Dafoe.
He's something of a Scientist himself in this one and he managed to bring her back to life after a traumatic brain injury.
There's more to it, but, why SPOIL it here?
A young Doctor studying under Dafoe is brought in to help study her progress.
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| Willem Dafoe is Tommy Wiseau. |
They want to see how fast she recovers and can be reintegrated into society.
Meanwhile, she dreams of the outside world, living all of the life she knows inside his Estate.
In comes Mark Ruffalo to sweep her off of her off-balance feet.
He takes her away to show her the World, woo her and take part in some 'furious jumping.'
If you know, you know.
However, she learns faster than anyone could have predicted.
Eventually, the journey is more about learning who she is and what she wants than his aspirations.
To find out how this goes, stream it now.
A Film that defies explanation and expectations in all of the right ways.
Right off the bat, this Film is just too damn weird for many, many people.
Even by Yorgos Lanthimos standards, mind you!
Even by Yorgos Lanthimos standards, mind you!
Emma Stone is amazing in this, so it is easy to see all of the hype and award wins related to this. She fully commits to this Piano-like character that slowly grows and changes.
At one point, she's breaking dishes for fun. Later, she's arguing about the futility of life.
She's not the only great part here, from Dafoe's calmly-insane Doctor to Ramy Yousef's understated Doctor. There's no weak link here.
Just so you know- there's lots of implied sex and actual nudity in this one, so don't watch this in the wrong kind of mixed company.
While I don't pretend to understand every weird choice made by Lanthimos and company here, I applaud it.
It's so weird...and so good.
A Film that is probably too strange for many of you out there. If not, enjoy this bizarre, fairy-tale like journey that feels like Wes Anderson on acid.
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