"This is it. The moment of truth. Isn't it wonderful?"
Kinds of Kindness is a 2024 absurdist anthology crime thriller film directed and co-written by Yorgos Lanthimos, in his third collaboration with Emma Stone. Along with Stone, the film stars Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Set in the contemporary United States, Kinds of Kindness is an anthology made up of three separate segments: a man without choice tries to take control of his life; a policeman learns that his wife, presumed missing at sea, has returned and seems to be a different person; and a woman becomes determined to find someone who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
The film will release on June 21, 2024.
Kinds of Kindness contains examples of:
- Advertised Extra: According to
Hunter Schafer herself, she's only in the film for a cameo appearance during one scene, and was very flattered to be billed along with the main stars. - Bitch Slap: Margaret Qualley's character is shown slapping Jesse Plemons' character in the teaser, during what seems to be some sort of argument.
- Cool Car: A purple Dodge Challenger driven by Emma Stone's character is given quite a bit of emphasis in the teaser, with there being no less than three scenes showing it off.
- Deliberately Monochrome: Some of the scenes shown are black-and-white, unlike the rest which is in color.
- Deranged Dance: A scene in the teaser features Emma Stone's character dancing alone in a parking lot, right next to the limp body of someone in a wheelchair.
- Moody Trailer Cover Song: Inverted; the teaser is set to an upbeat, bouncy remix of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", already a fairly upbeat and bouncy pop song.
