{"id":444250,"date":"2022-05-09T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jessie-buckley-at-her-best\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:00:48","slug":"jessie-buckley-at-her-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jessie-buckley-at-her-best\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jessie Buckley at Her Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f16dc71622\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f16dc71622\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jessie-buckley-at-her-best\/#%E2%80%9CJessie_Buckley_at_Her_Best%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jessie Buckley at Her Best&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJessie_Buckley_at_Her_Best%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jessie Buckley at Her Best&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Girl meets boy. Girl meets other boy. Girl meets still other boy. The nightmare continues.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/men-review-jessie-buckley-1.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Men Review Jessie Buckley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/men-review-jessie-buckley-1.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/men-review-jessie-buckley-1-768x480.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;A24&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Will DiGravio\u00a0\u00b7 Published on May 9th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    Months after her deservedly-celebrated work in &lt;em&gt;The Lost Daughter,&lt;\/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Jessie Buckley&lt;\/strong&gt; returns to the big screen with one of the year\u2019s richest performances in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Men,&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/strong&gt; &lt;a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube<\/a>.com\/watch?v=pt81CJcWZy8\"&gt;a 100-minute horror film&lt;\/a&gt; from writer-director &lt;strong&gt;Alex Garland&lt;\/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;Ex Machina;&lt;\/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Annihilation&lt;\/em&gt;). Buckley plays Harper, a young woman on a solitary vacation to the English countryside. The viewer soon learns the circumstances of Harper\u2019s sojourn through a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of flashbacks: her husband James (&lt;strong&gt;Paapa Essiedu&lt;\/strong&gt;) threatened to kill himself after Harper insisted on a divorce, subjected her to physical and emotional abuse, and eventually did fall to his death from the top of their apartment building. Whether it was an accident or suicide, no one knows for sure.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Harper\u2019s time in town should be a relaxing getaway; a time to reflect and deal with the trauma left by such events. But naturally, things do not go as planned. This is where the men \u2014 and the horror \u2014 come in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Men<\/em> marks a departure from Garland\u2019s characteristically cerebral style. There are certainly lots of big ideas. Yet the film has a more visceral, physical feel. Fittingly, so much of the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s and visual style concern the body.<\/p>\n<p>Both come to a head in the work of <strong>Rory Kinnear<\/strong>. Billed as Geoffrey, the owner of the luxury home Harper rents in the country, Kinnear actually plays each of the men Harper meets in town: the bartender, a police officer, a clergyman, etc. All share the same face, yet Kinnear slips in and out of these characters with such apparent skill, it is easy to forget the visual resemblance on which the film directs us to dwell.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers with weaker stomachs should be aware of the film\u2019s body horror before watching, but these moments are few and far between, and not overly gratuitous. And they are only one kind of horror Garland and cinematographer <strong>Rob Hardy<\/strong> bring to the screen. Some of the film\u2019s most horrific moments come just from \u201cordinary\u201d exchanges. Kinnear\u2019s men find new ways to blame Harper for the abuse she has endured. They attempt to convince her to not believe what she sees and experiences, and she faces greater danger as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers\u2019 respect for genre comes through in a number of the usual visual cues: bathtubs, apples, and abundant religious iconography. The basic structure of the story (a woman trapped mostly in a house, facing an outside threat) is one we have seen before, but Garland takes a number of visual and narrative risks that make the film his own. Most work, but even those that do not deserve appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>Garland shows a healthy disregard for explaining the machinations of the story world. We do not know whether these men are some sort of supernatural phenomenon or an imagined (partially or otherwise) byproduct of Harper\u2019s trauma. What matters is that it is all real to her.<\/p>\n<p>Harper\u2019s one ally in the film is the only other woman, her friend Riley (played by <strong>Gayle Rankin<\/strong>), who she regularly FaceTimes. The conversations and Riley\u2019s virtual presence bring comfort to Harper, at least until things really start to go down. Riley\u2019s absence ties back to the film\u2019s larger thematic exploration of the body and physicality, and in particular the ways that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> changes our understanding of what it means to be present.<\/p>\n<p>Buckley\u2019s Harper is vulnerable, honest, and contemplative. When the men act insane, she calls out their shit, and by the film\u2019s end, the source of the horror becomes a force that she controls. Still, though, no discussion of the film would be complete without mentioning its humor. A number of funny lines often diffuse the haunting atmosphere of the countryside town. Such moments also show the ways in which Garland has command over the tone of this film. Because (thankfully) little dialogue is given to over-explanation, the film becomes more about mood; a series of looming physical threats and psychological struggles to be endured.<\/p>\n<p>Many key moments in <em>Men <\/em>are shot in textured darkness, the kind that looks especially good on the big screen. The film\u2019s sound design often foregrounds silence. Concise dialogue and exceptional music by <strong>Geoff Barrow<\/strong> and <strong>Ben Salisbury<\/strong> bring an immersive quality to the film that allows for full identification with Harper, who is on screen for nearly every minute.<\/p>\n<p>The film clearly fits well into the folk horror tradition. It bears traces of the visual style and narrative approach that has made filmmakers like Ari Aster and Robert Eggers so popular today, but there\u2019s enough in <em>Men\u00a0<\/em>for fans of all horror and psychosocial thriller traditions to be satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Buckley and Kinnear are as captivating a duo as one can find. His mesmerizing work is the glue that holds the film together. Buckley, from the moment Harper eats an apple in Geoffrey\u2019s garden at the outset of the film, elevates the work from a well-made horror flick to a reimagining of the evergreen story of men and their treatment of women. What could be more horrific than that?<\/p>\n<p><em>Men will be released in theaters on May 20, 2022, in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Horror\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/will.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Will DiGravio is a Brooklyn-based critic, researcher, and video essayist, who has been a contributor at Film School Rejects since 2018. 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