Rent Enys Men (2022)
2.9 of 5 from 215 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- This mindbending folk horror, set in 1973, unfolds atmospherically on an unpopulated island off the Cornish coast. There, a single volunteer (Mary Woodvine) recording data on an unfamiliar flower finds her lonely daily observations turning troublingly towards the strange and metaphysical, forcing her to question what is real and what is nightmare. Is the barren landscape not just alive...but also sentient?
- Actors:
- Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, John Woodvine, Joe Gray, Loveday Twomlow, Callum Mitchell, Morgan Val Baker, Amanda Rawling, Dion Star, Isaac Woodvine
- Directors:
- Mark Jenkin
- Producers:
- Denzil Monk
- Writers:
- Mark Jenkin
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/05/2023
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.45:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by director Mark Jenkin and film critic Mark Kermode (2023)
- Mark Jenkin and Mary Woodvine in conversation with Mark Kermode (2022, 29 mins): the film's director and its star discuss the making of 'Enys Men' in an onstage Q&A filmed at BFI Southbank
- Film Sounds (2023, 86 mins): Mark Jenkin and filmmaker Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, Flux Gourmet) discuss the subtleties of sound in film
- Haunters of the Deep (1984, 61 mins): a Children's Film Foundation adventure that shares many West Cornwall locations with 'Enys Men', and made quite an impression on Mark Jenkin
- Recording the Score (2022, 6 mins): Mark Jenkin at work on the film's distinctive soundtrack
- Mark Jenkin's audio diaries (2022, 90 mins): the director charts his filmmaking process
- The Duchy of Cornwall (1938, 15 mins): the strange beauty of Cornwall resonates through this iconic film from the vaults of the BFI National Archive
- Image gallery
- Newly created audio description track
- Theatrical trailer
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Reviews (5) of Enys Men
Awful - Enys Men review by GBK
I have never seen so much dribble in my life, A total waste of time, I did not even understand what the heck was going on, Whatever this was supposed to be about i certainly did not get it
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Director needs some lessons from John Carpenter - Enys Men review by JD
Not the worst film I have seen but there is no doubt it’s a load of pretentious rubbish.
It kept us interested in the way you might take interest in a suspicious brown stain on the carpet.
It fails in every way possible as entertainment. And the arty shots of the scenery or close ups of nature serve no purpose (and look awful on the grainy film) How can Sergio Leone or Ridley Scott express a thousand words in a single shot – yet these arty directors manage to convey not a single piece of usefulness in there countless pointless shots?
Im being harsh, as this is indeed complete rubbish. But I get the feeling the idea of a good film lurks under the garbage.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A Total Borefest - Enys Men review by KM
First half of film spends its time doing nothing more than show a woman's daily boring routine, goes looks at a plant, takes ground temperature, for some reason drops a stone down a mine shaft, goes back home, makes the same notes about plant in a book each day, fires up a generator, has the occasional cup of tea then have film repeat this for around 45 minutes! The rest of it she has various visions of people from the past and that's it. If this was supposed to be some sort of ghost story it was a very poor dull one!
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.