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‘Kinds of Kindness’ review: Emma Stone stars in awful Oscar bait

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Poor Things,” “The Favourite” and “The Lobster,” were, to varying degrees, eccentric, sexy and smart. The unbearably pretentious “Kinds of Kindness,” on the other hand, is a Euro-chic, albeit stylish, endurance test that will divide film buffs and outright appall mainstream audiences.

I found it torturous.Ask yourself this: Is a woman cutting off her finger and then pan-frying it for her husband to eat for dinner hilarious?

The answer will determine your tolerance, or lack thereof, for “Kinds of Kindness.” Lanthimos’ self-indulgent freak show, which makes “The Lobster” look like “The Sound of Music,” is an anthology of three weird tales, featuring the same company of performers and told in a consistent, brittle monotone.In the first, the ever-fascinating Plemons plays a man whose job is to do the extreme bidding of a mysterious boss (Dafoe).

That could be gaining weight, reading “Anna Karenina” or getting hit by a car. The vignette is like watching paint dry, only less colorful.

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