Men

Written and directed by Alex Garland, this twisted tale will most certainly be divisive. If a friend saw Men and told you they hated it, you'd understand where they were coming from. Likewise, if they raved about their experience, you wouldn't necessarily be surprised. It's a movie that almost feels unsatisfying on a first watch, such is the complexity of the story at hand, and the layers being explored by Garland. In what is effectively a somewhat simplistic premise, comes a film that thrives in its metaphorical elements, and truly comes to life in its surrealist ones.

Buckley is at her very best as the central character, though needless to say much of the attention here will be focusing on Kinnear. The talented actor turns in the most remarkable performance of his career, playing a whole myriad of characters and bringing an unnerving depth to each and every one of them. It's a film that in some ways will be defined as a horror, but doesn't play up to the familiar cliches, surprising the viewer at each and every passing opportunity. Movies like this don't come around very often, and even if you do veer toward the side of not liking the film, you're unlikely to forget it.