Along with all the things we know about Poor Things and its reception, I’m certain that it will go down as one of Emma Stone’s best movies (if not the best). And it’s with the same confidence that I think Emma Stone is guaranteed a second Oscar for the film too. Now, I know that’s a very bold claim. However, this film is bold, this actress takes some big confident swings that pay off big time, and without hesitation, to me, this is the most powerful performance from a project on the 2023 movie schedule.
Emma Stone carries this film as the star and a producer, and without her, it wouldn’t work. She embodied Bella Baxter in a way that grounded this wild and wonderfully wacky story. Throughout the entire project, she was fearless as this Frenkienstien’s monster-esque character, and it paid off, big time. Therefore, I think she’s bound to win her second Academy Award for it.
