Following the critical, box office and award success of Poor Things, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are very quickly putting out their next collaboration, Kinds of Kindness. The duo's past work together immediately shoots Kinds of Kindness to the top of most anticipated 2024 new movie lists.
In addition to Poor Things, which won four awards at the 2024 Oscars, including Best Actress for Stone, she and Lanthimos previously worked together on The Favourite, another critically-acclaimed and much awarded movie. These two definitely have something that brings the best out in each other, which makes their third movie together an incredibly exciting prospect.
Find out everything we know about Kinds of Kindness right now below, from how soon we are going to be able to watch it to who else is starring alongside Stone.
Kinds of Kindness release date
Kinds of Kindness has been given a June 21 release by Searchlight Pictures. The movie premieres in the UK on June 28.
With that release date, Kinds of Kindness arrives in movie theaters just a little more than seven months after Poor Things was first released (here's how to watch Poor Things right now). It's a surprisingly quick turnaround, but a delightful one that gives us a new movie from one of the current masters of the medium.
It also makes June 21 a potentially very busy weekend at the movies, as The Bikeriders and Thelma all are currently slated to be released in some capacity (limited or wide) on that date.
Kinds of Kindness cast
Emma Stone leads the ensemble of Kinds of Kindness, again her third movie with Lanthimos. In addition to her work with the Poor Things director, Stone is a two-time Oscar-winner best known for La La Land, Cruella, Birdman, Easy A and, more recently, the TV series The Curse. As of right now we have no information on the character that Stone is playing in Kinds of Kindness.
That goes for the rest of the cast too, but what a cast that has been assembled for the movie. Poor Things alums Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley are set to appear in the movie, as are Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon), Hong Chau (The Whale), Joe Alwyn (Catherine Called Birdy), Mamoudou Athie (Elemental) and Hunter Schafer (Euphoria).
Kinds of Kindness plot
The movie is an anthology story, with the original script written by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou. Here is the official synopsis for Kinds of Kindness:
"Kinds of Kindness is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader."
The two previously worked together, co-writing the scripts for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Lobster, Alps and Dogtooth.
Kinds of Kindness trailer
After releasing some teasers and clips from the movie, the official UK trailer for Kinds of Kindness is now available to watch online. See all of the released trailers to far directly below:
Also watch the short video celebrating Kinds of Kindness' selection into the 2024 Cannes Film Festival:
The first clips from the movie has also been shared, which you can watch below:
Kinds of Kindness reviews
Kinds of Kindness premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and those in attendance have started to make their opinions known about it. As of May 17, the movie has a 100% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, though reading some of the specific thoughts of the critics indicate that the movie may not be an easy watch, which could impact some people's enjoyment of it.
Yorgos Lanthimos movies
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has become one of the most exciting directors working today, crafting wonderfully weird worlds that entertain and are rich in meaning. Here is a look at all of the feature-length movies that Lanthimos has directed in his career:
- My Best Friend (2001)
- Kinetta (2005)
- Dogtooth (2009)
- Alps (2011)
- The Lobster (2015)
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
- The Favourite (2018)
- Poor Things (2023)
