The film is famous for a highly graphic and surreal sequence of "births" that serves as a literalization of inherited trauma and the persistence of male entitlement. Many viewers find this sequence jarring or confusing, though it is central to the film’s symbolic meaning. Reception Why did Men (2022) by Alex Garland got so many bad reviews?

Jessie Buckley (as Harper) and Rory Kinnear (as multiple characters).

Folk Horror, Psychological Thriller, Surrealist Drama. Director: Alex Garland ( Ex Machina , Annihilation ).