It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter’s insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in “Poor Things,” sexual liberation (or “furious jumping,” as she calls it)…
With the help or hindrance of the various individuals she meets, Bella Baxter makes her way, awkwardly, sometimes tortuously, toward an awareness of herself and the world.