Barbiewill have to go and party somewhere else because Greta Gerwig’s bright-pink blockbuster was bested byPoor Things. Yes, director Yorgos Lanthimos' Frankenstein-esque tale won the 2024 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Last year, at the 2023 ceremony, its was another dark comedic tale that took home the highly coveted hardware:The Banshees of Inisherin.
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Poor ThingsdirectorYorgos Lanthimostook to the stage along with some of the cast and crew, including lead actress Emma Stone. And the filmmaker paid tribute to his “birthday buddy” Bruce Springsteen, who was sitting in the audience.
I just wanted to speak to Bruce Springsteen the whole night. We have the same birthday, 23rd of September. He’s been my hero since I grew up.
Lanthimos also thanked Springsteen for “making me grow up the way that I did,” while accepting the award. ThePoor Thingsfamily also took home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor – Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy thanks toEmma Stone.
“She won. You know it. She’s the best,” the filmmaker said as he paid tribute to his lead star. Lanthimos and Stone are due to collaborate again followingThe FavouriteandPoor Things. The pair will reunite forKinds of Kindness, which Lanthimos is currently editing. The director teased “a very different film” while appearing at the Golden Globes.
“It’s a very different film. It’s three contemporary stories, and there’s a core of actors — seven total — who play one character in each story. So, they’ll play three different characters. We’ll have that for you soon.”
Critics have been doting onPoor Thingsto the tune of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, at the time of this writing. So, it doesn’t come as much of a shock that the Emma Stone-led film took home the hardware. And Stone herself nabbed a Golden Globe (Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) earlier in the evening for her work inPoor Things. And check out the cast and crew accepting their award below:
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Poor Things Beats Barbie at the Golden Globes
When Greta Gerwig’sBarbiewas originally announced, the idea that it would go on to become the highest-grossing movie of 2023 was the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. The film boasted one of the biggest casts of the year, including its Oscar-nominated leads in Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, but was something of an enigma for most of its production.
Even the trailers left many people wondering exactly what the movie’s angle was, but its director had a clear vision for a cinematic experience that subverted many expectations. The story of Barbie (Margot Robbie) discovering that her life was being controlled by her “owner” in the real world, and setting off on a journey that not only tore up the rules in Barbieland, took a long look at the world in which we live.
While there may have been some who doubted the movie’s chances in what appeared to be a summer of action heroes and comic book adventures, Robbie had no issues when originally pitching the film as a potential success. But while2023 was the year ofBarbie, 2024 begins with several films wiping the floor with the billion-dollar blockbuster at the Golden Globes.
