Kinds of Kindness Review: Yorgos Lanthimos Depicts the Human Condition

Yorgos Lanthimos returns to cinemas with Types of Kindness just a few months after brutal success Poor creatures. The director used the success of the Oscar-winning film to launch a project that will again star the stars. Emma Stone. There will be one next to her again Willem Dafoe. And they both join in. Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley And Mamoudou Ati, among the others. Combining dark comedy with existential drama, the film once again poses a unique cinematic challenge to audiences.

The film is divided into three different and independent stories, forming a strange triptych. The first is about a man enslaved by another man who tries to take control of his life. The second is about a policeman whose wife, missing in the middle of the sea, returns and seems like a completely different person. And the last fable Types of kindness focuses on a woman who belongs to a cult and is on a mission to find some kind of spiritual chosen one.

In searching of love

Although three stories Types of Kindness They are independent, the actors are the same. Lanthimos creates a deep connection between them all, thanks to the people who interpret them. And this is because, despite such different stories, the basic idea is always the same. What lengths is a person willing to go to earn the love and affection of another? And how, in the face of this search, we can reach absolutely unbearable, selfish and Machiavellian extremes.

It’s interesting to see how the director found a way to convey this powerful moral through three approaches that are so far apart. A wonderful narrative that encourages long, quiet and personal reflection. The director wants you to leave watching it almost three hours long. Types of Kindness, the viewer begins to feel dizzy. Yes, about what he just saw on the screen, but also about himself.

That’s why it presents a sociopathic billionaire tyrant who controls people like puppets, but who may well be the boss of a company that creates in its employees an uncontrollable need to work. It also analyzes how people have stopped knowing themselves and have clung to unrealistic preconceived ideas that exist only in their heads. And it shows the absurdity and monstrosity of cult followers, exposing the most alienated followers of fan phenomena in the world of art or sports.

Discomfort and fun

Once again, the Greek director has reflected his feelings and his caustic and eccentric vision of modern society. A dull and crazy portrait, behind which lies a universal message about love and its breakup. He is not afraid to reflect the most absolute degradation of his characters, challenging moral principles and conventional contradictions. Once again, in Types of kindness intends to disturb. And he gets it.

The film constantly veers between hilariously absurd comedy and darkly violent drama. An exercise in style on the level of writing and direction, which, oddly enough, stands out on a visual level for being a far less innovative and extravagant offering than his recent work. Types of Kindness there is nothing strange Poor creatures not strange Darlingto talk about his latest films. This time Lanthimos returns to a much more elegant style, less daring with the camera but just as precise. And yes, he is no stranger to such distinctive features of his cinema as the use of black and white images or angular camera lenses.

Additionally, it should be noted that despite the nearly three hours it lasts Types of kindness With three chapters, overall it’s very entertaining. These three stories are so sadistically bizarre that they are hypnotizing. There may not be much empathy for any of the characters, but it’s interesting to see how the director moves them around like chess pieces that follow their own rules. You just have to let yourself go, be surprised by the sharp dialogue and the confusing relationships of all its main characters.

Star cast

Yorgos Lanthimos He is becoming one of those directors that every actor wants to work with. Not for nothing Olivia Colman won an Oscar for Most lovely And Emma Stone did the same thing a few months ago with Poor creatures. Like other top tier authors such as Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, the Greek manages to get the most out of his translators. AND Types of Kindness is no exception.

The ease with which they manage everything is amazing. Emma Stone And Jesse Plemonswho has already won the Palme d’Or for Best Actor at Cannes, lead the film. They masterfully handle each of the three roles they are given. There is no doubt that they are two of the strongest actors today, and the director allows them to shine in different registers, from the most restrained to the most exaggerated and childish. And the same happens with some Willem Dafoe And Margaret Qualley exciting, exciting.

To sum it up, Types of Kindness Yorgos Lanthimos returns to the dark and creepy portraits of society that he is so good at. The director creates a wild and bewildering triptych that, with reflection, takes on whole numbers. A complex and thoughtful film, crazy, full of layers that hide a caustic and uncomfortable critique of modern people. The long film may not be as round as his best work, but it is no less entertaining and fun.