KINDS OF KINDNESS Movie Review (NO Spoilers!) | Emma Stone | Jesse Plemons | Yorgos Lanthimos

"Kinds of Kindness" doesn't open until June 21, but we couldn't wait to talk about the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos, so we have an early review for you. This is a spoiler-free conversation, but there's so much to discuss that we're also planning a live spoiler chat for after the film opens. Details coming soon. Lanthimos follows up his Oscar-winning "Poor Things" with a darkly comic story told in triptych, featuring the same cast in all three parts: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Mamoudou Athie and Joe Alwyn star. Are you looking forward to seeing "Kinds of Kindness"? Let us know!
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[@squatch545]

Christy cracked the needle drop code. She's a genius!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Ha, thank you, thank you.

[@chrisc2439]

@@BreakfastAllDay incredible. that's a real talent

[@VikingMatt879]

Yorgos Lanthimos' next film is a biopic of Breakfast All Day and its two hosts. Jesse Plemons will dye his beard silver and sport some black glasses to play Alonso. Naomi Watts is perfectly cast playing the effervescent Christy. I smell Oscar, folks.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Terrifying!

[@brianstout8847]

I would totally watch that.

[@michaelenglish1992]

I got chills when Christy so adorably shared her code cracking. Like many of us I've been charmed and learned from her for many years!

[@tlovehater]

😊

[@musicmann1967]

"Poor Things" was my first or second favorite film from last year, depending on what day you asked me. Mainly it's because I was SO pleasantly surprised and awestruck by it, not having been much of a Lanthimos fan before that. I admired his movies, but I didn't connect to them. That is until I saw "Poor Things", which blew me away. It was so good, that I made a mental note to rewatch his other films with new eyes and a more open mind. So, I will definitely see this, but I know that I shouldn't expect a similar vibe to "Poor Things". Thanks guys!

[@Stefarooh]

Huge fan of Yorgos Lanthimos films so can’t wait for this one.

[@Celestialrob]

Interesting comments - so true about recommending films for specific people. At a time when everyone is announcing the death of cinema this is exactly the type of film we need more of. Thanks as always and thanks for being so vague!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for watching, Rob!

[@kos500]

Wow, this movie sounds like Cloud Atlas; where the same cast members are swapped in the different situations.

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

I think the second one was funniest. Short 1+2 are the best but all great. The second one has some funny lines and dark humour - my Sydney Film Festival audience laughed heaps. Even the closing shot of the triptych is amazing. I loved this and everyone played such compelling characters and you never once thought "oh william dafoe" - they just disappeared into their performances.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Some very uncomfortably funny stuff in part two, for sure.

[@commandZee]

I've enjoyed Lanthimos' weird heady early stuff! _Dogtooth_ and _Alps_ still pop back up in my thoughts for analysis all these years later.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Great then you will probably dig this!

[@JosephKlotz-sm9cv]

I’m so glad sicko lanthimos is back. Great video as always

[@BreakfastAllDay]

He is indeed! Thanks for watching.

[@Jays-ug9bd]

sicko lanthimos was never gone lol

[@nekopaw-]

Can't wait to see this, it has a great cast and Lanthimos' movies are always intriguing to watch. Are you also going to review "Watchers"? I am very curious about this one too after watching the trailer.

[@ursaminorjim]

Even though it's a NO SPOILERS review, I'm watching this with the sound off so you get the views (all hail the great god ALGORITHMOS!) and I keep the tabula rasa'd. Yeah, I'm one of _those_ types. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FILM SO I CAN WATCH THIS! 😍❤❤❤

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Very kind of you, we appreciate that!

[@xtian1688]

Amazing Review! Alonso congratulations on the book. Christy hope all is well and surgery went smoothly

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thank you friend! We miss you at Lunch Date.

[@patrick5729]

Went here from a different movie review channel, your explanation is useful, Christy, thanks.

[@jasoncarrick5461]

I loved Killing of a Sacred Deer (8.2), The Lobster not so much {7.4) and have yet to see the rest by Yorgos but this one really has me interested for sure.

[@brianstout8847]

"This is exactly the kind of art house shit that they dig" and "an atypical summer movie" is all I need. Looks like it'll be in my area 6/28. I have enjoyed the relative softening of Lanthimos lately, but I'm a big fan of The Lobster and Sacred Deer. Did you two like Alps?

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Have not seen it! Let us know what you think.

[@brianstout8847]

@@BreakfastAllDay tonally more early Lanthimos and definitely worth a watch!

[@SydneyTravellersGuide]

9/10 for me.

[@LEOIAMLEOONYOUTUBE]

I heard about this movie during the hype of Poor Things that BACK THEN, I thought this movie was too much too soon specially with pretty much the same cast. I was excited for Poor Things but this movie doesn't inspire me at the least to even want to check it out on streaming. Maybe if this movie was released 3 years after Poor Things, that would be fine, but, this movie feels awkwardly soon. If I watch this, all I'm gonna be thinking about is Poor Things, while I watch the movie. The title is cute and interesting but I'd like to see a different cast attached to this movie or a different director. Sorry for my rant but I hope Christy is doing well and healing! 💖💖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for the rant and the kind words!

[@MarkHWillson]

Yeah I'm very confused.... even if they filmed the two around the same time, why release them so close together? Give the audience some time to breathe.... At least waiting a year I would think would be sensible...

[@LEOIAMLEOONYOUTUBE]

@@MarkHWillson it's funny that you replied to this because earlier I saw that yorgos is apparently directing yet another movie with Jesse plemmons and Emma stone called Bugonia. My current profile picture was my reaction to that news.

[@MarkHWillson]

@@LEOIAMLEOONKZbin The fuq? I've heard the expression "strike while the iron's hot", but this seems absurd. Is he trying to make some kind of stupid point about filmmaking?

[@Maria-k5v3n]

I appreciate that you appreciate this unique movie.Although different from Poor Things you can see some similar themes: Defoe the god father, the pregnancy, the woman and the last story who advice her daughter to be independent from men, The second story inspired by myths and folk tails from Greece! Wonderful movie!

[@friendlypup5650]

Best review of the film so far. I noticed the song lyrics too but didn’t think too much about it 😅

[@BreakfastAllDay]

So sweet, thank you for watching!

[@710blodgett74]

I think Roger Ebert would have loved this film because it's a lil like a Kubrick film. great review great review Christy. I do respect your reviews

[@teppeiando]

You have me at "If you liked The Lobster...", I love that movie. It's hard to say which I like more that or The Favorite. Haven't seen Dogtooth tho. Should catch up on that film before I get a chance to see Kinds of Kindness.

[@anramsay]

Trailer didn't do it for me and I saw a review that basically broke down the gist of the plot interesting but I'm probably gonna skip it. I'm glad you guys liked it though.

[@akidthatskates284]

The second one is filled with despair just saw it loved this movie. It was like arthouse exciting and incited a sort of arousal I feel like. Loved your review validated some of my emotions. Thanks christy alonso 🤞🏼🤘🏻👆🏻

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!

[@akidthatskates284]

@@BreakfastAllDay M your welcome😊maxxxine next and then long legs. You have to see that one!

[@KennethPalmer10]

Well I know that the minute I see this I’m going to look for your spoiler review! I can tell this is a film I’ll need to unpack! Love your channel Are any of your guys on Letterboxd???

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We're not, sorry. Everything we think is right here.

[@mywalkabout]

This sounds like and reminds me of the movie Magnolia, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. I can't wait to see this one!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

It's actually nothing like Magnolia, but that's a movie we love too!

[@BobSullivanAKABuffy]

Just back from seeing it. Interestingly, all the former YL films Christy mentions loving were the ones I also loved. But you couldn't pay me to sit thru this one again. Must've been a weak year for male actors at Cannes. I'll move on to the spoiler vid now.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for the report, Bob!

[@ThomasKirby-ub4vy]

Lanthimos version of “French dispatch” looks like where you’re just watching a director brew all of his films in one pot all the themes it looks like to me. Even poor things while different than this, I still see here similarity in how we view sex and love, dogtooth In way of people controlling people and yes BEING ABUSED as the song says lol. It’s almost like that song is a representation of lanthimos films. What this tells us though is that he is not afraid of being too mainstream not to say poor things was mainstream but this shows every few years he will bring us his big budget fish eye lens upbeat wacky film… then he will give us his nihilistic deadpan film. My question for you guys though is how does this compare to beau is afraid? That was a film where much like this is very long and is also somewhat anthology the different chapters and everything and just like this beau had a lot of similar themes aster touched on in his last two films. Is it just a matter of preference ?

[@BonzoKilbourn]

Professor Lemire strikes again. Christy how's the knee? If you have any opioids you're not using... Asking for a friend.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Knee is doing better, thanks, no more need for opioids.

[@righteousrawb7225]

My only complaint is that I wish Dafoe was more differentiated from his other characters in the film because they all kinda felt the same to me

[@hopsfd]

I loved Poor Things and The Favourite. But from the sounds of it this is more in the territory of his older movies, which I really didn’t care much for. So that has me worried a bit. But the cast is amazing with Plemons, Dafoe and especially Emma Stone, who I think is a revelation and a big part of my enjoyment of Poor Things and The Favourite. If she just brings the performance and energy I am used to from her it should be alright. I hope.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

You'll have to let us know where you end up on it!

[@hopsfd]

​I will! I'll see it when it releases in my country next month!

[@hopsfd]

@@BreakfastAllDay I have seen it now. I didn't love it as much as Poor Things and The Favourite but I enjoyed it far more than I imagined. I think I liked story 2 the best, with story 3 close behind. Story 1 didn't really do it for me unfortunately. I didn't really feel it went anywhere. But story 2 and 3 were much more to my liking. I especially loved the ending of the second story. A surprisingly happy ending I did not see coming that really lifted me up. I guess you could interpret the ending in different ways, but I'm always quite hopeful, so the happy ending is my take away :) Final note: It seems Emma Stone really is vital to my enjoyment of a Lanthimos movie, especially considering the first story (which she is hardly in) didn't do much for me. Although I really liked Dafoe too, but he wasn't in it as much.

[@Locusto199]

Can’t wait!!

[@nevetsny1]

Please review Tuesday!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We have it on the schedule for next week, thanks for the suggestion!

[@samredd1130]

I didn't like this movie as much as other Yorgos movies, but I still appreciate the commentary nonetheless

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks for watching, Sam!

[@thefilmseeker]

Definitely lower-tier Yorgos, but I appreciate what it’s going for overall, and Plemons definitely deserved that Best Actor award from Cannes. I guess the big sticking point is that Yorgos surrounded himself with such a stacked cast, in multiple roles, and some of them still feel massively underused (hello, Hong Chau and Joe Alwyn!)

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Joe Alwyn does not get to do much, it's true.

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

Don't forget to do a spoiler review. 😀 I will say, you only said it once, but I did think it was partly crap.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

We did last week! kzbin.infoMsS23HWEEe4?si=lEjbqfEAvMfUZoNf

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

@@BreakfastAllDay Great! Oh, your comments on anthology reminded me of comments by Jim Jarmush, he did an interview (about Jonas Mekas) on the Life Stories youtube channel, a couple of weeks ago.

[@josephirizarry5195]

Are people so stupid now that you need to explain to them that this isn’t Poor Things: Reloaded? Answer: yes

[@blackkcinamacritic]

This movie 😮😮😮😮😮

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Is that a positive reaction? :)

[@blackkcinamacritic]

@@BreakfastAllDay still rapping my head around it🤔🤔

[@angelthman1659]

Come on guys, this was terrible. I can get into weird and twisted. Big David Lynch fan, love Tarantino and even some of Yorgos' work. But even Tarantino has said that some films can cross into poor taste. KOK definitely crosses. The characters are horrible people, and there's plenty of misogyny on display. Men abusing women, animal cruelty, self-mutilation, gratuitous nudity, and Yorgos is slowly turning Emma Stone into a porn star. This is like Yorgos' sick and twisted fantasy. Why aren't critics calling him out? Because he's a critics' darling, that's why. You guys just spent a whole video talking about how problematic St. Elmo's Fire was. Yet you give this movie a pass. I hope you don't say it's because this is art. KOK totally fails, even as some nightmarish vision. It's bad. Not to mention that Joel Schumacher and John Hughes had what they thought were good reasons for creating their flawed characters for films you guys now criticize (Fire, Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles). Why does KOK get a pass on its tone-deafness and inappropriateness? If in the future Yorgos is involved in some sex or abuse scandal, you guys will come back and suddenly see KOK's problematic nature. Why can't you see it now?

[@TheCazz10]

Well said, it was awful. Critics don’t want to pan it because the director won big at the Oscars with Poor Things. He’s the hot ticket right now. They are determined to see and emphasise the positives and gloss over/ ignore the negatives

[@CameronBrooks]

I was shocked and amazed by how much I disliked this movie

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Well you'll have to come to our live spoiler chat on Tuesday at Noon Pacific to tell us why!

[@electrictwilight]

I hated this even more than I hated Poor Things lol

[@tonyg76]

I loved poor things especially Emma stone but hated this.

[@TheCazz10]

Didn’t enjoy it at all, considered leaving early. Disturbing cannibalism, drug and rape scene, plus other stuff. Really hard to follow, too long. Got bored and lost interest

[@alexandrosalexandropoulos4836]

Got to tell you: Congrats for describing this without spoilers while the whole movie IS A HUGE spoiler! The interpretation of how he uses "Sweet Dreams" is totally right, screenwriter himself (E.Filippou) mentioned it during his brief speech at the Greek premiere of the movie. Can't wait for your spoiler review where we can discuss it further. (Trivia: The guy who plays the same person in all stories is a very famous notary here in Athens!)

[@BreakfastAllDay]

OK, good to know, we were unclear as to who he was! Thanks for the intel.

[@alexandrosalexandropoulos4836]

@@BreakfastAllDay You're welcome!

[@clate6056]

Kinds of Kindness was the worst movie I have ever seen. I wasted my time on money on a perverted, disgusting and just plain stupid movie.

[@ryantrent2114]

Films in this era have reminded us of how cruel and evil the world is. They arm us for the heartbreak and horror that is to come.

[@HereAndThere-o4j]

Makes no sense, and mostly unwatchable.

[@weak_username]

Can’t wait! I love Disney movies!

[@tlovehater]

Lmao

[@TheTalkoftheStreetPodcast]

I thought it was artistically valueless sub Wes Anderson try-hard trash. I'm amazed I didn't walk out.

[@UrbanMediaReview]

I'm not saying this movie is bad. But writer/directors are mostly Try Hards. Also he is coming off of a movie that had hella Oscar nominations so they gave him hella creative freedom here , obviously. Very ambitious director. I think this movie will Crash & Burn & never be talked about again after 5 days on streaming.

[@joed7185]

5.8/10.....I like Laanthimos' early films, Dogtooth as his best, so when I saw the trailer it had that kind of vibe which had me excited. When I found out during the movie it was an anthology, I was pretty disappointed. It did keep my attention with the runtime but left feeling empty. Not a bad film but I'm just comparing to his other films. Always enjoy coming back from the theater and hearing Christie and Alonso take. Lanthimos films ranked: 1. Dogtooth 2. The Lobster 3. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 4. Poor Things 5. Kinds of Kindness 6. The Fauvorite

[@martymascarin486]

My reaction is a flip side. The first segment is perhaps the strongest. The combination of Dafoe's degree of control and his blithe attitude towards Plemons makes this bizarrely laughable. Amusing bits that speckle throughout the rest of the film are overwhelmed by indulgence--being provocative for the sake of being provocative. The last piece was overlong, meandering and so ping-pongy weird that it almost singularly sinks the movie. We'll give credit for the film demanding debate. We could have lived without the gynecological close-up of Dafoe and Stone French kissing in the last segment. Kudos still go to Christy specifying the presence of "Sweet Dreams" going beyond simply mood. I'm willing to give it another toss. Plemons has become the Philip Seymour Hoffman of his era. At our cinema, a single daily screening of the holdover 'Kingdom of Planet of the Apes' is still outdrawing the multiple same day screenings of "Kindness" so you can have a sense of our local market. So I better go again quick. 😀

[@atari2602]

I laughed a good bit and I liked it overall, but it's not something I'm going to think about much. The structure and outrageousness reminded me of the Argentinian movie Wild Tales from 2014 though I think I prefer that to Kindness. Wild Tales' runtime of 2 hours is about the upper limit for a movie like this imo. Kindness goes over that by 40+ minutes, the final segment being really flabby.

[@KennethPalmer10]

Omg! I just saw this! LOVED IT! When are you guys going to do a spoiler review???? 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Tuesday at Noon Pacific! Link coming soon.

[@KennethPalmer10]

@@BreakfastAllDay YES! 🙌🏾

[@AkiVainio]

As more of a Dogtooth than Poor Things (which was great as well) kind of guy, all of this is encouraging to me.

[@710blodgett74]

I like the dir because he reminds me of Stanley Kubrick

[@martymascarin486]

By Jove, Holmes (Christy) you've done it!! Haven't seen it yet but it SOUNDS like the proverbial art film that is not for all tastes. It does not follow the conventional story arcs as seen in "The Favourite" and even the weird but decipherable "Poor Things." The Eurythmics tune is there not just to set mood. This may help to explain at least some of what sounds like many inexplicable elements of the various plots. Surprised the film is held over for a 2nd week in our humble burgh. Despite misgivings, at the very least it sounds like a challenge; we might give it a shot. Also depends on likelihood of staying for a 3RD week, to make my review relevant. Plemons won at Cannes, granted, but, what plays well in Cannes does not necessarily play well in America. But I'm in Canada so we MIGHT be more open-minded. lol Much thanks!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks Marty, hope it sticks around for a while near you, too!

[@petergrossi6605]

I agree with your review… very interesting film.

[@janechoy2073]

I am so looking forward to this! Happy to see Hong Chau in another big-name movie, and great to see Jesse Plemmons in an award winning role. He deserves some awards attention as well! But I hope there won't be any more oscar talk re: Emma Stone since it will have been too soon.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

This seems more like Jesse Plemons' movie. Let us know what you think!

[@mangaas]

Is this as good as Bad Boys 4 ? Hard to choose what to pay for at theaters, $80 to goto the movies is a lot, so Im only seeing one.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Those are two very different movies for very different audiences!

[@mangaas]

@@BreakfastAllDay It was supposed to be a bad joke... 😅

[@rayahayes-mora2796]

When is your spoiler discussion coming?

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Tuesday at Noon Pacific! Link coming tomorrow.

[@TenDoses89]

I don't necessarily dig "arthouse shit" but i loved The Favourite and Poor Things. Hearing that its more like the Lanthimos films i haven't seen but know are divisive.

[@michaelenglish1992]

I heard that this one has more animal (dog) abuse. I love Lanthimos but has anyone ever questioned WHY he insists on including abuse like this in most of his films? It kinda hurts me.

[@brianng8350]

I’m losing hope on Ari Aster, but expectations are going up for Yorgos Lanthimos, in terms of bizarre or unexpected directors. Can’t wait to see this movie and hear the discussion.

[@tlovehater]

Hope Ari makes a comeback

[@bbcbbc1717]

Saw it at the Sydney Film Festival and really enjoyed it. I got the foreboding nature of the opening song at the time but like your call on it.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Right? It sounds catchy and fun at first but ... maybe not.

[@JScottGaribay]

Thank you for clarifying that you guys are purposefully reviewing with a leaning toward Art House Fair. I did not get that when I started watching (sorry - that is on me). I am a very Blockbuster Leaning Viewer and really am not that hot on Art House Fair.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

It's one of our specialties around here!

[@JScottGaribay]

@@BreakfastAllDay Thank you - I will try to remember that you are geared more to Art House - but I am hoping your channel will grow to be more open to Blockbuster Material in the future. Thank you again.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

@@JScottGaribay We literally do everything, take a look around :)

[@JScottGaribay]

@@BreakfastAllDay I got my fur up a bit when I saw a trend that you guys generally don't like Blockbuster Fair and review it more negatively (generally) than Art House Fair. I now understand the lean is toward Art House Fair for you guys. I am just hoping your ratings and overall view of Blockbuster Fair becomes more positive. But I get now that there is history here. Thank you for all the reviews you do - I am just hoping to see a change in the future but I get that you craft what you resonate with. Thanks again.

[@RobertCrosby-kk3wl]

Is this the 'Beau Is Afraid' or 'mother!' of 2024?

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Oooh that is an interesting analogy. It might not be quite so divisive.

[@elizabethbalazs395]

Would be interested in hearing about the smaller roles played by Hunter Schaffer and Joe Alwyn.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

They're barely in it, but Joe Alwyn has a more significant role in part 3.

[@elizabethbalazs395]

@@BreakfastAllDay Thanks for your reply. I am excited to see this movie.🍿🎥😆

[@christopherfelipe60]

I want to see this!

[@BreakfastAllDay]

You'll have to let us know what you think when you do!