Released in the US on September 6th, followed by the 11th in France, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has already grossed $264.3 million worldwide and attracted 570,821 viewers in France. Therefore, it will be better than the first opus’s 628,458, which is still to be considered given that in 1988 the general public was barely able to discover Tim Burton because Batman or Edward Scissorhands had not yet been released.
In short, success awaits this feature film with Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega, whose production budget will be 100 million GEL. However, the question right now isn’t how big the gross will be (experts currently estimate 450 million), but whether it’s the best fantasy film to come out in 2024. For them and those who will have this sequel. Given a desire for the supernatural. And the answer is no.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starts with an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 1339 ratings*, which is more than good. But not enough to replace 4 of Poor Creatures, one of two Yorgos Lanthimos opuses that hit our theaters this year. Like Tim Burton, who opened Mostra in August, the film was presented at the Venice Film Festival, where it left with the Golden Lion.
It went on to win four Oscars: Best Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Best Actress for Emma Stone, the second of her career for La La Land. Which is deserved, because she gives it her all in this feminine retelling of the Frankenstein myth, with a much more pronounced sexual aspect, featuring Willem Dafoe in particular, who also plays Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice.
Released in theaters on January 17, Poor Creatures was seen by 604,981 people, making it Giorgos Lanthimos’ biggest hit in our region, ahead of La Favorite.
Some excerpts from the reviews of Internet users who gave a maximum score of 5 to “Bad Creatures”
Clement B: “A gem of cinema, psychology, sociology, feminism…this film is a masterpiece. And what a powerful and generous cast!”
Cecil D.: “An excellent philosophical fable. Breathtaking images. Emma Stone is an extraordinary actress and I recommend everyone to see this film, which may surprise you, but will not leave you indifferent.”
Ameline Groot: “This impressionistic-looking film deals with the themes of sociology and feminism with its own delicacy. The music is exquisite and charming, it sways, as does Bella’s character to reach the soft and classical music to end the film. Emma Stone is delicate and incredible, this role was meant for her.”
A great philosophical tale. Stunning pictures
Briak B.: “Aesthetic, original, unexpected, modern. Fantastic, dark, fun and enjoyable steampunk sci-fi.”
Christblog: “Visually, the film is somewhere in the middle Anetta from Carax (more sketchy) and Tim Burton’s World (more pastel). Once the first reaction of surprise passed, I took great pleasure in the multiple variations of this strange aesthetic: London, Lisbon, Alexandria, Paris are considered successively with great success.
But the strength of the film is undoubtedly the evolution of the character, played by the incredible Emma Stone, from a childlike creature to a woman with an adult body, who has gained independence through sheer force of will. Poor Creatures has a real breath, seducing with its power and ability to last all of 2h21.”
Mihai Duma: “A modern-day Frankenstein, this time female, studying our world for its brutality, its inequality, its inequality, and its hope for progress. Chances are there are socialist sex workers in this world! And all this with a baroque aesthetic. That informs reality.”
Emma Stone is dazzling and charming in a new tour presented by Yorgos Lanthimos, as brilliant in content as in form.
Philip Savoir: “Luxurious! Funny! Brilliant! Feminist! Profound! Heartbreaking! And Emma Stone is dazzling and charming in a new tour by Yorgos Lanthimos, as brilliant in content as in form! A truly great creator and filmmaker!”
Anna V: “A magnificent creation that reflects the real world of man and woman. The value of a woman passes through her body and her youth to men, and which should be generously paid for intimate relations with the opposite sex in a normal mind.”
gray_egg: “This is a really extraordinary film that goes beyond the absurd path; the aesthetic bias is very daring (and not everyone is happy – some left the theater), the director Yorgos Lanthimos manages to draw us into a fantastic world, sometimes flirting. A horror film, but with humor, in this baroque, funny, but disturbing Music playing an important role in the atmosphere… The story itself is not very innovative, it is a revised “Frankenstein”, but with real creative originality of Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe are excellent This is not a movie, this is a work of art!
and you Were you obsessed with poor creatures?
Source: Allocine
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