Kinds of Kindness

Moral, goodness, desire, love, control—Lanthimos mixes all of this and much more into his three facets. I was put into a trance, laughed much more than expected, and yet felt emotionally uncomfortable. Just as people are, this film is often rough, sometimes tender, and then again sneaky and mean. A fantastic soundtrack, combined with one of the best dance sequences in cinema, is a bonus. There’s hardly anything to criticize. So why only four stars? Maybe I’m offended that I didn’t get what I wanted. Maybe also because the film actively mocks its audience. Perhaps the film touched me too deeply, and then again, not enough.

Son 3 películas en una y aun así cada una se siente un lenta, y lo peor es que no se explica el contexto de lo que pasa, yo creo que su planteo de mundos locos es excelente, pero en este caso no se llegan a entender del todo, mi preferido es el 3er acto.

It's frustrating as a fan of Yorgo Lanthimos work that the first two thirds of his two previous films "Poor Things" and "Kinds of Kindness", are exceptionally well written and executed, but the final acts in both filmshave been incredibly underwhelming. The performances are all great, but Jesse Plemons in particular is the standout of all three stories. He's definitely the most captivating element of the film.

While the actors are great in it and the beginning also feels interesting, slowly it becomes just dumber and dumber and just feels like some kind of pretentious bs or a movie made to try to get an Oscar or something. I mean yes I get it has allegories and all that, but for a casual watcher it just too much nonsense.

The keyword is deranged here, or **** kindness to be found **** first story is about a guy who makes crazy demands on his lovers, from a position of wealth and power. That is also the only reason anybody would 'play' along, for the financial gain. That is no different from demanding from your kids to wash the dishes for their pocket money. There is however a line that can not be crossed, a fact the director clearly doesn't see. That's his problem. In the real world you get locked in an asylum for such behaviour, in the movies some equally deranged 'critters', I mean 'critics', mount their horse and jump into the abyss. The line being physical harm. Psychological harm should be terrible enough, but clearly not for some sick people. One problem with causing physical harm is that society does not accept it, except in other countries... And that means the first story would end with the aggressor being put behind bars, so nothing to be gained. Unless you can do it secretly, but in this movie they throw logic and reason in the garbage bin. The payed reviewers swallow it down. Now that's more worrysome than the movie itself!The second story is revolting and as much 'fun', as some critics call it, as a visit to a **** third is the only one that does the job and has the quality one would expect after Poor Things. (Although perversity was very present there also(in PT)...) The problem is that you have to accept two hours of boredom before reaching it. That one is about life in a cult, and the effects on family of the captivated cultist. But with a twist, like PT its also a fantasy story.Bottom line: two failed ideas and one shortfilm don't combine into greatness, only a feeling of being **** hard to kill your babies, but the second part belongs in a litterbin, the first needs work.