Around the midpoint of "Men," writer/director Alex Garland's spellbinding psychological thriller, a vicar (Rory Kinnear) asks Harper (Jessie Buckley), "Do you prefer things to be comfortable or true?" This film is rarely comfortable, and what exactly is true will be up to viewers to decide.

Garland is nothing if not precise in how his characters speak and he is even more precise in the images he composes.

Garland is nothing if not precise in how his characters speak and he is even more precise in the images he composes, which range from startlingly beautiful ripples of water to just plain startling — a very bloody, very graphic shot of a hand being severed that looks incredibly painful.

Harper takes a photo in a field, and a fully naked man (Rory Kinnear in a multiple role) appears in the shot, disturbing her