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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Charlotte O'Sullivan

Men movie review: Jessie Buckley shines in this muddled take on misogyny and madness

Alex Garland’s latest project wants to be a social thriller for the ages; a Get Out, for women. It almost succeeds.

Awesome Jessie Buckley is immediately intriguing as heroine Harper. Following the brutal death of her estranged, mentally unwell husband James (Paapa Essiedu) in London, Harper seeks refuge in a gorgeous rented house in a pretty country village.

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