Summary
The final trailer has been revealed forKinds of Kindness.Kinds of Kindnessis the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos, directly following up his acclaimed 2023 filmPoor Things. The movie is a triptych story that pieces together the narratives of three very different groups of characters in intertwined storylines. Itfeatures a leading cast including Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer.
Kinds of Kindnessis set for release on August 24, 2025.
Now,Searchlighthas released the final trailer forKinds of Kindness. It begins with Stone’s character driving down a road in a sports car announcing, “This is it.” The scene then transitions to a hospital, where a mysterious procedure appears to be taking place. In another storyline, Dafoe and Chau’s characters interact.
Other moments involve a black-and-white dinner table sequence, and a stilted relationship between Plemons and Stone. After a series of rapid-fire shots, the final confounding element of the trailer involves a black-and-white sequence of dogs driving.
How Will Kinds Of Kindness Compare to Past Lanthimos Films?
Kinds Of Kindness Veers Away From His Most Recent Efforts
As in the case with the previousKinds of Kindnesstrailer, this clip gives audiences both a lot and a little at the same time. In under two minutes, the trailer inundates viewers with intriguing images and characters, from strange medical facilities to Chau licking a human torso, from start to finish. At the same time, very little is revealed by way of a coherent plot forKinds of Kindness. This is likely by design, as Lanthimos may be hesitant to reveal the wacky world to be explored in his experimental film.
Though similarly off-the-wall,Kinds of Kindnessalready looks starkly differentfrom Lanthimos’ last two feature films,Poor ThingsandThe Favourite. Those movies, even ifPoor Thingsincluded fantastical elements, were both period pieces, whileKinds of Kindnessappears to be set in the present day. This setting gives a far different visual feel to the 2024 Lanthimos film, stepping outside of the more stylized space in which he had been operating. Lanthimos’ previous present day film,The Killing of a Sacred Deer, still included numerous oddities, soKinds of Kindnesslikely will as well.
Every Yorgos Lanthimos Movie, Ranked
Yorgos Lanthimos has made several successful movies over the years, though his distinct style means that some were received better than others.
Though it has not yet been released widely, thereception toKinds of Kindnessis so far positive. At the time of writing, itholds an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes among 47 critics. It also won an award at Cannes for best actor for Plemons, though it lost the Palme d’Or to Sean Baker’sAnora. With both this early response and theKinds of Kindnesstrailer, the Lanthimos film is on a good track.
Kinds of Kindness
Cast
Kinds of Kindness is a 2024 comedy-drama film by writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos. Split across segments, Kinds of Kindness tells the stories of a man trying to reclaim his destiny, a police officer whose wife returns after being lost at sea only to seem like a different person, and a woman tasked with finding a future spiritual leader.
