Kinds of Kindness

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6,9

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Kinds of Kindness it's a movie with Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Joe Alwyn Full cast. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Original title Kinds of Kindness Genres Drama, Commedia.

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Diego Cineriflessi

There's no point in beating around the bush Kinds of kindness is Lanthimos' most personal film since his American career began. Themes, style and acting direction are the trademark of this who is to all intents and purposes, for better or for worse, one of the most recognizable authors on the current international cinema scene. This work was released close to the international, and above all European, success of Poor Creatures! and at the beginning it seemed like a small episodic divertissment filmed between friends during the post-production of the previous one: in reality, nothing could be more wrong. Because Kinds of kindness is a structured, complete and organic film that does not seek any shortcuts, but with a harsh and sarcastic style encounters crude metaphors that speak of love, dependence, pain, incommunicability and society. The three episodes stand on their own, but right from their title it is clear that they depend on each other and the choice to always use the same actors is confirmation of this. Lanthimos' game is an intellectual and provocative game that cannot please everyone and is not enough for some. Personally, I am among the people who got caught up in his game of references. Between the dream, the nightmare and reality there is a philosophical space in which the ethics of man moves and it is precisely in this delicate space that the Greek director works. It's all incredible and yet so darkly true that it enters the viewer's brain and asks him ethical, never rhetorical questions. Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe are joined by an actor on the rise like Jesse Plemons, awarded best actor at Cannes. And the cast certainly works. Just like the film that didn't receive great ovations at Cannes and yet I believe it is a film worth seeing (for someone with their hand over their eyes at times). Read all

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Ignazio Venzano

In this film, released shortly after “Poor Creatures”, Lanthimos combines three episodes, linked together by the theme of humanity in disarray and in search of meaning. The crudeness of the scenes together with the overall length of the film (two and ¾ hours) do not favor a calm and relaxed viewing. The first episode is perhaps the simplest, the protagonist R.M.F. tries to disobey his boss who ordered a murder, he believes he will regain his freedom but will have to change his mind and return to obedience. The second episode deals with a wife who, when she reappears, she is not seen by her husband as authentic, she will have to accept a great sacrifice in order to be accepted again. In the third episode we see two representatives of a sect looking for a woman who has the ability to resurrect the dead, thanks to some qualities that must be appropriately tested; even in this case, however, we will see the limits of humanity when it wants to do as God does. To tell the truth, the three episodes can also be read in other ways, here I have tried to give an idea of what happens in a few words, but Lanthimos he remains very dry and spare of explanations. The film therefore remains not an easy read and intended for the director's admirers. Read all

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Marina Ricci

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I have enjoyed watching this film. Though, in the final segment, I couldn't help but notice when Emily takes Ruth 's pulse di lei using her thumb di lei along the pulse line—there 's a bit of a slip here. Since the thumb has its own pulse, Emily would only end up feeling her own heartbeat, not Ruth's. This little mistake actually makes a lot of sense given Emily's lack of medical background and the non-medical setting. It's a realistic touch that really shows her inexperience and adds to the authenticity of the scene. Read all

plot

Tells three separate stories with the cast playing different characters in each.