Ashe Lewis

The first ⅔ of the movie is great. The lush landscape of the English countryside is gorgeous, and lends itself well to a feeling of loneliness. The character interactions feel awkward and a little tense because the main character is a lone woman in a town seemingly populated exclusively by men. It has the feel of the kinds of slightly uncomfortable interactions that many women face when dealing with men who seem a little too interested or suspicious. [SPOILERS AHEAD] The ending of the movie completely ruined the experience for me. Not only is it visually disgusting, with a lot of birthing scenes taking up the entire screen, the story also left me feeling gross inside. The movie deals with a woman recovering from an abusive relationship and the partner's apparent suicide, and in the end, this story thread does not get resolved. The abusive ex shows up and behaves in the same manipulative way he did before, and that's where the movie ends.