Watched this yesterday.
The intended message of Poor Things – as @DSeid convincingly explains – is one of female empowerment. But @JohnT has a point in that the film’s actual message is problematic at best.
I was captivated by the fantastical approach, the taboo-breaking, and the steampunk sets and enjoyed the film for those reasons. But a woman finding her authentic self by working in a brothel? That’s a cliched, retrograde male fantasy.