its painstakingly created set/production and costume designs, eccentric performances, and distinctive cinematography set it apart. a bizarre, wild, and beautifully surreal experience, it's an extraordinarily produced imaginative voyage exploring the pleasures of emancipation through the breaking of societal taboos. emma stone delivers an incredibly fearless performance. the cinematography is very ballsy alternating between black and white and brilliant color, and frequently capturing scenes through a dizzying fish-eye lens. lanthimos dissects societal systems objectively, painting an inherently emancipatory story.