Aaron's Thoughts
My biggest problem with anthologies is that you are inevitably going to leave wishing that one of the segments was a feature length film, that one had been more fully baked, and that one had been scrapped.
Kinds of Kindness is no different, even if it is elevated by the artistry that Yorgos brings to the table.
Of all filmmakers, his style may be least suitable to an anthology. Think about it, there is always some bizzare premise or lots of rules to the created worlds that take time to grasp. It is after you get all of that where the real story begins in most of his films. With Kinds of Kindness we never get that chance.
The same overall theme throughout each of the stories helped me enjoy this compared to most anthologies. However, there is something too about spending almost three hours in Yorgos style and tone that starts to wear on you a bit by the end.
While I don’t think this one is effective as Yorgos at his best, it is still a great film at times. And just when you never thought there was a way for Yorgos to make an even more Yorgos film. He does just that.
