Steven (Colin Farrell), an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon is married to Anna (Nicole Kidman), a respected ophthalmologist. They are well off and live a happy and healthy family life with their two children, Kim, 14 (Raffey Cassidy) and Bob, 12 (Sunny Suljic). Steven forms a friendship with Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless 16 year-old boy. Things take a sinister turn when Steven introduces Martin to his family, forcing Steven to make a shocking sacrifice or run the risk of losing everything.
“ ★★★★ The Guardian. Deadpan humour meets full-blooded horror in Yorgos Lanthimos’s unsettling drama about a surgeon’s friendship with a teenage boy. ” more
“ ★★★★★ The Telegraph. The weirdest, most mesmerically unsettling film of the year. ” more
“ Variety. As allegories of extreme discomfort go, this one is masterfully orchestrated in the vein of classic Kubrick. ” more