Men starring Jessie Buckley and Rory Kinnear

Innocent female surrounded by a world of masculine malevolence.

More Anti-Male Hatred from the BBC.

I just saw this today. I too was somewhat anticipating a thinly-veiled social commentary painting all men as rapists and evildoers, but it really wasn't that. It was more about Buckley's character seeing pieces of her dead, abusive ex-husband in other men she encounters in a rural English village. The atmosphere and photography are fantastic, and Rory Kinnear plays multiple roles as all of the men she encounters. The whole thing is very strange and nightmarish. The first hour or so in particular is very ominous and engaging.

One bonus is that you get to see Kinnear walking around naked throughout (one of the characters is a strange, nude vagrant who stalks Buckley's character out of the woods—it is later implied that he is something of a Green Man figure, I guess). He has a good-looking, uncut cock, and it was nice to see some dick and balls on the big screen for a change.

The final scene is repulsive and goes into full-on body horror/creature territory, and entails the various iterations of these men (all as portrayed by Kinnear) bloating and giving birth to one another like a Russian doll, emerging from vagina-like holes in the bodies. The first "birthing" occurs right around Kinnear's taint, which was rather nasty—you see the figure emerge from under his ball sack, basically where his asshole is. IIRC, one of them also emerges from between his shoulder blades, and the last from his mouth. It was unpleasant.

Jessie displays too many annoying acting tics.

Just too irritating to watch.

I initially liked it, but I like it less the more I think about it.

I have no desire to see that. I need to be amused. Bring on Barbie or Bullet Train.

R3 I don't think she is nearly as great an actress as some claim. The praise she got for "The Lost Daughter" was absurd. Her performance in that film was incredibly one-note. The same could be said here, though I thought she was more watchable in this. I was shocked to learn that she's only 32. I truly thought she was in her 40s.

Buckley is the new IT girl - at least for some purposes.

That's a rough 32.

Yeah, I can't believe he's younger than me. I look half his age!

R9 I was talking about her.

Oh, I see now Rory's 46, not 32. Yeah, that tracks.

(But you know what, I do look younger than her as well.)

[Quote] Buckley is the new IT girl - at least for some purposes.

I hope one of them is fixing my computer, I can’t log into the system.

So horror mixed with C-PTSD, R2?

How compelling, as it’s true: women who have been exposed to domestic violence do view all men as dangerous for a while, after getting out.

The fear eventually goes away, if one is rational & works it all out.

Not really my cup of tea. Started out interestingly but the ending seemed out of left field and went on way too long

Loved the provocative ending with the pregnant sister. As if to say, "Who do you think raised all these monstrous men? They sure as hell didn't raise themselves."

*Or maybe it was a pregnant friend, I can't remember anymore. Loved the movie, but I'm not revisiting it anytime soon.

I liked it fine. Like all of Alex Garland's films it is superbly crafted and Rory Kinnear is outstanding but in the end it's like Chinese food, you eat and 10 minutes later you forgot what you ate and you're hungry again.

I HATED this fucking movie

I just finished it. Weird and the ending with the green man giving birth over and over was just bizarre. Now I'm watching the Last Voyage of the Demeter. It's one of those movie days.

[quote]Not really my cup of tea. Started out interestingly but the ending seemed out of left field and went on way too long

Well said; it was an interesting premise, but it just lost the plot. I liked the idea of elements of the husband taking different forms in the village, but I thought it should've explained how the intelligent, thoughtful woman ended up with a guy like that in the first place. Not to blame her, but how did she end up with such a loon?

I like Buckley - she's attractive, but has an "everywoman" quality about her; I'd take her over the icy Saoirse Ronan

I saw Kinnear on stage in London - he's a tiny little thing.

[quote]I'd take her over the icy Saoirse Ronan

A hundred times over, yes. Shame she's not as connected and as good at self-promotion.

It has less to do with connections and a lot more to do with physical appearance

That's wholly subjective, I find both equally attractive.

It isn’t that subjective in Hollywood.

If you say so.