IMDb plot summary: A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe.
Kinds of Kindness is an anthology film my Yorgos Lanthimos, in which Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Willem Defoe, among others, play different characters in each of the three stories. I made a social media post after watching this noting that between this and Poor Things, I need to pay more attention to how much I like Yorgos Lanthimos as a director. This was like a series of wonderfully bizarre Black Mirror episodes with an absolutely stellar cast. Jesse Plemons is almost always criminally underutilized as an actor, and he shines here, alongside performances from his also-excellent co-stars. There are obviously a lot of instances of thematic symbolism and potentially bigger meanings here, but I'll be honest, I cared about very few of those -- I was just enjoying the tremendously wild ride. Each one of these stories sticks the landing for me too, closing out with some intense emotional image or scene that puts the perfect button on the strange little story it's telling. This is absolutely not a movie for everyone, but I was thoroughly delighted by it and am so glad I watched it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Kinds of Kindness > The Girl on a Motorcycle
Kinds of Kindness > Dark Passage
Kinds of Kindness < The People Under the Stairs
Kinds of Kindness > Onward
Kinds of Kindness > The Jungle Book (1967)
Kinds of Kindness > Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Kinds of Kindness > 56 Up
Kinds of Kindness < Women Talking
Kinds of Kindness > M. Butterfly
Kinds of Kindness > Detroit
Kinds of Kindness < Glengarry Glen Ross
Kinds of Kindness > The Basketball Diaries
Final spot: #518 out of 4000, or 87%.
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