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Men

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Men

2022

Alex Garland

Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin. Voice: Sonoya Mizuno

5.6

5,292

Horror. Thriller. Drama After suffering a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping she has found the ideal place to heal. But something or someone seems to be stalking her. What begins as a latent dread will end up becoming a real nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A high-minded film that has entrusted so much else to our imagination. Now, all of a sudden, Garland goes too far, such that you can't help feeling, well, man-ipulated"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Garland torques its feverish atmosphere for maximum impact (...) But without a cohesive plot to point to, it's hard to parse what exactly the larger message is meant to be"	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A mind-bending dissection of manhood (...) Riveting performances from Jessie Buckley and a truly chameleonic Rory Kinnear make this an unconventional genre standout"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"For all of its singularly bizarre thrills, all of which reaffirm Garland as a vital interpreter for a world that's coming apart at the seems, 'Men' is the first of his films that makes life feel simpler than it really is"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"I think the drama's reality status could have been refined further at the script development stage (...) Yet the performances are so good (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Caryn James BBC	"Garland deftly balances scares, humour and genuine emotional trauma (...) 'Men' is the kind of film it can be fun to decipher, while accepting that no single solution to its puzzle exists (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"This is a visceral experience, and it reinforces Garland’s singular prowess as a craftsman of indelible visuals and gripping mood. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Tasha Robinson Polygon	"'Men' seems designed more to start arguments than to tell any kind of cohesive or meaningful story. Viewers are likely to come away arguing as much about what they actually saw on screen as they do about what it all meant"	NEU
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"The audience is getting 100% unfiltered Garland, and while it doesn't all work, it's fascinating to see what happens when a storyteller like [him] can experiment like this and show a story unlike we've ever seen before"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Those that don't mind enigmatic descents into surrealistic, gruesome horror will find this a trip worth taking (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"This is Garland's most emotional and abstract work, and also his weakest. Not because of the themes or any technical aspects, but because it’s a frustratingly vague piece of work"	NEU
United States	Brianna Zigler The Playlist	"I am always appreciative of a horror film that actually dares one to face questions left intentionally unanswered. In this case, it's somewhat undercut by the apparent thesis"	NEU
United Kingdom	Kate Stables Total Film	"No question, Garland's bold, original version of what horror can be when it swaps tired old tropes for visceral, visionary thrills is an absolute game-changer (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Robert Abele The Wrap	"Considerable craft, smarts, and imagination have certainly gone into 'Men', but it only ever feels like you're watching a horror exhibit from behind a rope rather than a nightmare from inside it"	NEU
United States	Jordan Raup The Film Stage	"The film is all the better for not over-explaining its gleefully outrageous final moments, but one wishes the journey getting there was handled with more consideration"	NEU
Canada	Brandon Zachary CBR	"'Men' is a surreal and terrifying horror film that benefits from strong direction and a truly impressive cast and will leave audiences unsettled"	POS
Canada	Mae Abdulbaki Screen Rant	"The film is a combination of great ideas that could have gone a bit further (...) 'Men' is ambitious and intense, unabashedly horrific and disconcerting (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"Is 'Men' necessary? (...) Alex Garland's latest mind-bending movie is a muddled metaphor about the power of patriarchy, or something (...) Heavily loaded and yet dismayingly thin horror film"	NEG
United States	Kristy Puchko Mashable	"For all that sinister spectacle, the message of 'Men' is disappointingly basic (...) It's not that such a message isn't relevant. It's just frustrating that as sincere as Garland may be, he has nothing much to say"	NEU
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"A week later, this movie still tussles around in my head. That's the mark of successful art, or at least commentary on an eternal dynamic between men and women (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Charles Pulliam-Moore The Verge	"The same heightened reality that makes [its] scares so potent ultimately has a muddling effect on the movie's message, so much so that you can't be sure whether Garland himself understood what he was trying to say"	NEU

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