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Tory,

I really appreciated this reflection. I, too, thought Poor Things was an extremely well-crafted yet philosophically abysmal film (if coherent, as you also note). I likewise felt conflicted while watching it, and since I typically go into films blind, I wasn't quite prepared for that experience. Subsequent reflection, both in writing and with other people, has helped me process my anger, frankly, over the views it evinced of the most precious and fundamental realities of being a woman, and being human. I'm grateful for the women Letterboxd users, with whom I probably disagree about a host of other issues, who have called out its dehumanizing worldview.

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