The Greek prince of feel-bad satires, Yorgos Lanthimos, has grown a troupe of wildly talented craftspeople and performers, drawn by the chance to play in his imaginatively designed dollhouses. His female Frankenstein riff, Poor Things , marked an ascension in his appeal to popular audiences, while cementing his relationship with Emma Stone, as both muse and producer.

, an English language remake of 2003 Korean film Save the Green Planet! , is his first film since the early Greek ones to be set in something approximating recognisable modern times. Here, in an armpit of smalltown America, Stone and Jesse Plemons go head to head, delivering bravura performances that put a shine on what, at its core, is a high-concept exploitation movie.

Teddy (Plemons) is a greasy-haired, be

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