May 20 2022

Men

Following the death of her ex-husband (Paapa Essiedu), a young woman, Harper (Jessie Buckley), heads to the English countryside to settle her mind and relax. But, peace and relaxation are quite possibly the last thing she’ll receive as the process of birth, life, death and regeneration is embodied in this quaint village. Finding solace will take some deep self work.Written and Directed by Alex Garland brace yourself for rich religious overtones, exploring principles of the circle of life from the Norse and Judeo-Christian backgrounds. Unsettling, disturbing, and all together wonderful at the same time, this cinematic journey mixes just the right dashes of horror and suspense to successfully spin the audience and reflect on the evolution of men, or lack thereof. This is a mood piece and not for the faint of heart, but, worth the attempt to digest. Running one hour and 40 minutes, Men is rated R.