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Apr 15, 2021 · In the Earth is an immersive portrait of tribalism and madness, angst and survivalism. And in spite of the somewhat predictable narrative, the film builds to an unshakably tense, unsettlingly ...
Jun 19, 2021 · Ben Wheatley’s extraordinary new film refracts the isolation, confusion and strangeness of the past 15 months through his distinctive lens. Dir: Ben Wheatley. Starring: Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia ...
- Robbie Collin
- 2 min
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Apr 20, 2021 · Infused with intensity and psychedelic mind trips, the film captivates with a story that is uneven, but conceptually fascinating and thoughtful. Set in the midst of a pandemic, scientist Martin Lowery (Joel Fry) arrives at a research facility to help find a cure after being quarantined for months.
- Senior Critic
Apr 16, 2021 · In the Earth brings us back to Wheatley’s classic world of occult loopy weirdness and cult Britmovie seediness, with a new topical dimension of pandemic paranoia, and what keeps you watching is its unreadable, almost undetectable thread of black comedy.
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- Ben Wheatley
- R
- Joel Fry
- A sensory assault of sound, light, and shrooms.
- Verdict
By Tom Jorgensen
Updated: Nov 4, 2022 12:13 am
Posted: Apr 12, 2021 8:15 pm
In the Earth opens in theaters on April 16. Read more on IGN's policy on movie reviews in light of COVID-19 here. IGN strongly encourages anyone considering going to a movie theater during the COVID-19 pandemic to check their local public health and safety guidelines before buying a ticket.
After more than a year of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keeping many of us trapped indoors for most of the time, director Ben Wheatley offers viewers a chance to engage with the natural world with In The Earth. Trouble is, the natural world engages right back and reminds us that there are forces out there that we can’t control or understand, no matter our motives. While clearly more focused on providing a visceral experience than an emotional one, Wheatley’s return to horror is a Kubrickian descent into madness that gets progressively more engrossing as it builds towards its bonkers finale.
Appropriately, In the Earth is itself set during a pandemic that has taken a similar (probably worse) toll on the global population. Smartly, though, In the Earth doesn’t become bogged down in specifics, instead respecting that the viewer will bring their personal experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic to the table to fill in any blanks. Researcher Martin Lowery (Joel Fry) arrives at a national park to re-establish contact with his missing colleague, Olivia Wendle (Hayley Squires), who’s supposed to be out in the forest investigating the land’s uncommonly fertile soil. Park Ranger Alma (Ellora Torchia) accompanies Martin, and once the two set out after Olivia, the pandemic setting fades from text into more of a thematic framework for the movie to operate within.
In the Earth is an oppressive, bizarre trip of sight, sound, and spore-induced psychedelia. Director Ben Wheatley sometimes sacrifices characterization for the loftier ideas about nature he wants to explore but given how innately the audience should understand how one would be affected by a pandemic, it’s a gambit that mostly pays off as the film’s...
Apr 15, 2021 · ’In the Earth,’ the new film from writer-director Ben Wheatley, is a hallucinatory horror story set in the woods during a pandemic, starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Reece Shearsmith, and Hayley...
Feb 1, 2021 · In the Earth begins as an unassuming creep-show about a scientist venturing out into a dangerous woods, but has far greater ambitions than a mere slasher or monster movie. Writer/director Ben Wheatley has blended many sci-fi/horror tropes along with his own stylistic trademarks to make a mind-bending odyssey.
