‘Kinds of Kindness’ requires patience and a strong stomach from the viewer
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest offering provides some memorably dark, absurd and visually impressive meditations on the emptiness of modern life and the limits of individual freedom
You would think that, after the critical acclaim and Oscar-winning success of his last film, the Emma Stone-starring adaptation of the Alasdair Gray novel Poor Things, that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos would be guaranteed a cinematic release for any of his future projects. However, Lanthimos’ latest offering, Kinds of Kindness, which sees him teaming up again with screenwriter Efthimis Filippou and a host of regular acting collaborators, including Stone and Willem Dafoe, may prove too excruciating, cynical and difficult to stomach for most local audiences — so it’s been sent straight to streaming on Disney Plus with little fanfare or publicity. ..
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