Men [DVD]

I wasn't expecting the strange, grotesque and imaginative dream-like sequences in this film and enjoyed the unpredictability. The film left me asking questions and I love a film that keeps me thinking.

I don't usually write reviews but this movie was so weird to watch that I just endured it to get to the end, of which I was left more confused. I think whatever is going on is mostly psychological and not real, I don't care to know as I would never rewatch this for any reason. Makes me shudder at what it feels like to be in the writers mind🤢

Annihilation but in an English country side setting.Although you never take your eyes off the film, The visual stunning qualities can't conceal the lack of point.The use of a pagan god in this capacity without taking it as far as it could of gone left it not feeling like the film made much sense ultimately.To use the green man which is a symbol of rebirth as a symbol of toxic masculinity seems to fall a bit bland.Which I couldn't see myself.Saying that the actors were incredible as was the dialogue.However, would recommend watching!

Amazon's subs claim that she plays Chopin's "Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2". In fact it is No. 21 from the Posthumous Opus.

Clearly a film about trauma but I didn't fully understand it if I'm being honest. Started off well with suspense building and I really enjoyed the settings. Would like to know where that disused railway line is. Lots of creepy characters all played by Rory Kinnear. Felt compelled to watch til the end even when it got even stranger (the birthing scene 😳). Am interested to see what other viewers theories are on the ending.

This is a very wierd horror film. Good special fx and Rory Kinear's Dad would have been proud of him. While my wife sat with a cushion over her face throughout much of the film she still watched it to the end. The main problem is I didn't understand the end. Neither it seems do the various would be critics as they give different opinions. Glad I watched it.

After reading favorable comments about this film I decided to give it a watch. Wish I hadn't.To be fair it would make for a great short film (as The Headhunter was), but instead of getting that I'm subjected to an hour and forty minutes of mind-numbing pretentious drivel.After the suicide of a husband she wanted to divorce our main character heads off to a cottage in the country to relax. She's inexplicably unable to notice that every man in the area is the same man. The house keeper, a creepy naked guy, the town victor, the local teenagers (with hilariously CGI'd faces) and even the police are all the same man. Apparently they're all nasty as well in one way or another, except the housekeeper who is always nice. Each version of the man scares and chases her in ever escalating weirdness. Until the entire film devolves into utter nonsense and then ends. Ignoring (for the moment) the utterly gorgeous cinematography the only really remarkable part of the film is the end. All the men (who are the same man) take turns at stalking our main character and as she fights back their injuries become those her late husband suffered as a result of his suicide. This tedious train of events ends with one of the men giving birth to another one of the men, who gives birth to a man, who gives birth to a man and repeat ad nauseam. With the last birthing producing her late husband.That's it all in a nutshell really. The entire story could have been told in an hour, but hour long movies don't sell so we get a bunch of that wacky weirdness and slow mo faces in close up that so many will celebrate for the 'arthouse' style.I've heard so many people praise this film for it's subtlety and symbolism. Let me tell you something. It's not subtle if it's being rammed down our throats and symbolism doesn't make something good just by virtue of being there.We get it. All the men in the town are the same man, because all men are the same.It's a very difficult film to watch for a variety of reasons. It's bloated, it's pretentious as all hell, the CGI faces are hilarious (breaking the mood), the casting is so "alright" it barely merits talking about and the dialogue is also there. The only saving grace this film has is that it's perfectly shot, the cinematography crew clearly knew what shots they wanted and knew how to get them. It's borderline stunning. Shame that the entire rest of the film is in the way.I gave the film one star because it exists. I was tempted to give it another star for the cinematography, but honestly, it's hard to enjoy even that when the rest of this film is making your brain numb.

Strangely, unnervingly, mesmerising. I'm not sorry I watched it once but I don't know if I would volunteer to be sucked in by the eerie fascination of it all a second time. Sinister, disturbing, and visually compelling. Definitely worth watching once.