Men (2022)

so its not this i take it

so, according to that review, the movie is saying, Islam is right about women. They spend all day being terrified of men. Scared of men walking around at night, in public places, etc.
Just emotionally exhausting, being constantly afraid of men. And clearly, they'd be happier, covered up so men don't hit on them, or at home, only allowed outside with an escort.

Caliane said:

so, according to that review, the movie is saying, Islam is right about women. They spend all day being terrified of men. Scared of men walking around at night, in public places, etc.
Just emotionally exhausting, being constantly afraid of men. And clearly, they'd be happier, covered up so men don't hit on them, or at home, only allowed outside with an escort.

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That would be a pretty shallow reading of the movie, but the main character is literally stalked by a guy, ignored or accused by authority figures, and the nice guy turns shitty.

However, the totally bonkers final scenes really point towards it being more a message about toxic relationships/domestic violence/etc and the guilt that victims carry. Granted, this could also be seen as a "men bad" message because women are the victims of that more often, but men are not immune to it, nor is the nature of a relationship like that necessarily sexual.

Plus a lot of the pagan imagery in the movie, plus the ending, point towards it being a journey of rebirth and overcoming trauma, much like Annihilation was about depression.

So sure, the surface level of the movie is Men being shitty to women, but Alex Garland has never made a movie where the surface level is the point.

Sucked.