Enys Men

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Sagnik Nath Nothing much to offer Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/15/23 Full Review Ben D Oh, to be on a secluded, British isle, making a pot of tea in a cozy cottage while wearing a turtleneck. Life could be worse. Or it couldn’t be worse, depending on what “life” is real and not real for “The Volunteer” (Mary Woodvine). This is another psychological horror (like Skinamarink) that is lots of style with little substance. Shot on 16mm, Enys Men looks great; it takes place in the 1970s and looks like it was made then too. But as far as a story, or even an experience, is concerned, the movie does that thing with psychological horror where you’re shown a bunch of characters doing weird things and disjointed timelines with little cohesion or satisfaction. It’s folksy, so you know there’s gonna be kids in white outfits, religious overture, and just like…stuff made out of sticks? Common in folk horror is that the land itself is an antagonist. It felt like it was headed in the right direction when “The Volunteer” stumbles underground, for some reason, and her image begins to violently shake. But then anything in that vein stops. Psychological horror is the abstract art of the broader genre. Sometimes it strikes a nerve and is exceptional, other times it’s a total dud. Like the gigantic gulf between the critics and audience (80/24), I’m much more with the latter. The most disturbing aspect of this movie is her dirty fingernails. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/24 Full Review Kyle M Scenic experimentalism is metaphorical expressionism only gripping the gist of the folk “horror” with an effective pattern that brews from questionably bland to something unsettling, enabled by the aesthetically stark visuals to colorfully saturate “The Lighthouse” surreal grip, nothing else. (B-) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/20/24 Full Review George R I’m the type of person who can sit through and enjoy slow burner horror films. They’re great. However, that CAN’T be said for this movie. I had to force myself to sit through this, because I was already done with it within the first half hour of absolute NOTHING going on. Rarely do I ever walk out or pass on a movie partway through it, but this is one I wish I had. Nothing happens, and whatever does happen visually doesn’t actually add to any story (because there isn’t one either). Enys Men’s rating from critics is truly baffling to me. It’s a beautifully shot, retro-style movie, but that’s the BEST compliment I can give it and that can only take you so far. For me the worst quality any horror film can have is be boring, as well as lacking any sort of entertainment value, and Enys Men has ALL of that. Just don’t bother. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Robert A I feel like a website like rotten tomatoes should definitely remove comments that give 5 stars to this movie (or 4) because they are liars 100% to improve the quality of reviews. Bad movie that is just a wasted of your time. Don’t give more budget Mark Jenkin please, thanks Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/02/24 Full Review prawnda s i cannot say a single thing about this movie other than that it was unwatchably boring. the 16mm film does the project no favors, and it seems that the director assumed the retro film grain automatically adds meaning or nuance to a shot. i'm reminded of "we're all going to the world's fair", another film where absolutely nothing happens, and the creator also expected us to find meaning in something far too esoteric and sloppily arranged to resonate with the viewer. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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