A Field in England (2013) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 2,959 users
Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 57 user | 101 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com Amid the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a group of deserters flee from battle through an overgrown field. Captured by an alchemist, the men are forced to help him search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Director:Ben Wheatley |
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OK, it's been 9 hours since I watched this movie so it may be too soon to score as is usually the case with Wheatley's movies.
This is a trip, and not a nice trip, Michael Smiley and Reece Shearsmith are exceptional in parts, the photography is simply stunning but the whole film was a let down for me. The critics will love it, but I feel this is the movie some directors make as if to say "I'm hot, I'll do what I like'.
It's pretentious and very self indulgent, but i must say THAT TENT SCENE...WOW, the use of soundtrack (Blanck Mass, Chernobyl, Shearsmith's screams, the slow motion, 4 minutes of cinema which blew me away, unfortunately the other 80 odd minutes didn't