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Following Go To- Alternate Character Interpretation: How much of what Alfie says about Victoria (specifically, about her enjoying cruelty as much as he does) is true? He is certainly motivated to lie, and the only thing the audience sees of Victoria in person (and alive) is her suicide, which could have easily been motivated by a desire to escape her cruel husband and not subject their child to the same treatment, rather than simply her pregnancy. Victoria may have also pretended to enjoy Alfie's treatment of the servants in order to protect herself; Bella finds a notebook with the impression of a page full of swear words, which could have been Victoria's way of venting her true feelings.
- Angst? What Angst?: Dr. Godwin Baxter doesn't seem to hold it against his father that the late older man mutilated him For Science!, except for a wistful acknowledgment that most people struggle with being able to look at his face and a wry admission that the elder Dr. Baxter was "a f*cking idiot" whose good advice didn't always match his actions.
- Anti-Climax Boss: Bella's defeat of Alfie is pretty brief and simplistic, especially after hinting that Alfie's angry and abused servants might be potential allies if they could be rallied.
- Best Known for the Fanservice: The film's numerous sex scenes became the subject of many a conversation upon its release, especially since Emma Stone was not known for stripping off prior to this film.
- Ending Fatigue: Once Bella finally reunites and reconciles with her origin and relationships with Godwin and Max, the film seems to be wrapping up — but then we get a whole extra act involving a brand new character, which seems to exist merely to firmly put Bella's concerns about who she once was to rest.
- Fridge Brilliance: Bella's language skills develop throughout the film, and it's only in the last half that she uses pronouns to address people rather than their names. The final set of pronouns she learns are first-person ones: we, I, me, my, mine. It's the final sign of her gaining full autonomy and personhood.
- No Yay: Due to in the first half of the movie, she still has the mind of a little girl, this basically applies to any romantic or sexual relationship Bella is in.
- Quirky Work: The film is unabashedly strange, especially in terms of the visuals, but not to the point of being incomprehensible.
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: A minor variant. The novel upon which the film is based was written by Alasdair Gray, a hero of twentieth-century Scottish civic nationalism. (His quote, "Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation" is written on the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh.) Because of this, the novel is very Scottish, culturally Scottish. By contrast, the film strips out a lot of this Scottishness, leading to some outcry from scholars and fans of Gray's work. However, people who knew Gray shortly before his death have said that Gray approved of Lanthimos's interpretation of his novel.
- Visual Effects of Awesome: Every single aesthetic element of the movie is top-notch, especially the lush, vividly-coloured scenery.
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