r/KindsofKindness

The dogs are the key to understanding this movie. The observation is that humans have such difficulty with the chaos of being alive that they secretly prefer the subservient life of dogs, whether that subservience is to a corporation, a spouse, or a religion.

The reason the cat hisses at the wife (Emma Stone) is because underneath she is a dog, which her husband slowly discovers by testing her loyalty to increasingly insane degrees.

The reason the characters wear purple is because that’s the color of valor and loyalty.

I’m going to jump right in. Firstly, I haven’t seen anyone acknowledge that swollen feet are a symptom of pregnancy, usually in the 2nd or 3rd trimester. Chocolate is also a common pregnancy craving, and people who get pregnant totally can crave things they despised beforehand. Because of this, I believe Liz was already pregnant, perhaps she got pregnant on the island…or even on the boat trip by one of the guys. And their fertility issues were Daniel’s fault because drumroll he had schizophrenia! (Schizophrenia GREATLY lowers someone’s fertility) (complete speculation but if Daniel always acts like this then the stress of being around him could also cause any attempts to be miscarried)

I got to rewatch the movie at home and I noticed some interesting details and similarities between the stories that I missed on the first viewing:

• The name tag pendant in the second story: It's shown that Daniel has a pendant with Lizes name on it, but when they get to the hospital to visit Liz for the first time, the same pendant can be found on the cabinet beside her. Daniel sees it and hides his. What's that about? It could have Daniel's name on the other side and they both have one but then Daniel's reaction doesn't make sense. Why are there two pendants? Is that Daniel hallucinating? At that point he doesn't think that Liz is fake so why would he be hallucinating?

• Before Daniel go

The empty/ unexplained spaces has my imagination going wild I think.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kinds-kindness-hulu-release-date-151746469.html

I can’t wait, and I’ll still be buying it digitally.

I’m speechless. I’m a weird movie gal. This is precisely the type of film I’m constantly seeking out. That being said- I’m reeling. I can’t form ideas just yet. I will need to rewatch several times before I feel equipped or worthy to formulate a theory, thought or opinion other than, releasing Poor Things first was genius.

-Plemmons hurts his own foot in story #1

• Plemmons sells Michael Jordan’s original pair of shoes he played in in story#1.

• Emily places NIKE shoes on her daughters bed as a present. Air jordan in story 1 vs. Nike in story #2. Product placement I think not.

• Emily in story #3 said Andrew had a wet dream involving Omi and FEET.

• Emily throws up on her husbands FOOT when she gets sick. Story#3.

• Emily’s daughter “injures” her foot in story #3 . Her husband lies of this of course but still interesting parallel to plemmons in story 1.

• Emily slices a dog’s arm in story 3, but we can all agree dogs are four LEGGED.

All of these mean….. idk. It’s just fun finding little parallels and

I think that Ruth’s path is the perfect allegory for fame. Emily (Stone) and Andrew (Plemons) are talent scouts.

Emily and Andrew’s work tirelessly and under harsh conditions to find gifted people. They put Anna (Schafer) through a rigorous examination with no clothes and then bring her to her time constrained audition at the morgue (talent factory/stage). When Anna fails they disregard her and the duress they put her through. They also get access to homes and get information about the physical appearance of young girls from family members.

When meeting Rebecca, Ruth’s sister, in the diner, she shamelessly promotes Ruth’s qualities to these strangers and touts her god given talent. Rebecc