Men

Men (2022)

Written and directed by Alex Garland

Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu, Gayle Rankin, Sarah Twomey, Zak Rothera-Oxley, and Sonoya Mizuno

I was debating all summer if I would see this movie. People have a mixed response to it. This movie can be divisive.

Harper (Buckley) is coping with the death of her ex-husband, James (Essiedu) by going to the a manor in the English countryside. She notices some uneasiness in the village where all the men become more creepy.

The mood of the movie is haunting and foreboding. There is always a touch a malice in the air. During the viewing of the movie, I was thinking that Alex Garland was trying to make an allegory about Adam, Eve and Garden of Eden. Was it about the evil of women tied to eating the forbidden apple? Was it about the hysterical brain a women leaving through trauma and it manifests in her surroundings?

The last thirty minutes have been a point of contention who have seen it. I get it. The ending section has you scratching your head. You have to look at the symbolism it is presenting.

Rating: 9/10