“You end up slightly awestruck at the imaginative confidence behind this film.”
Dr Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife (Nicole Kidman) and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways. Soon, the full scope of Martin's intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long-forgotten transgression that will shatter his domestic bliss forever. This is Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, The Lobster) at his most full-on.
