Synopsis
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
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Cast
- Reece ShearsmithWhitehead
- Michael SmileyO'Neil
- Julian BarrattTrower
- Richard GloverFriend
- Ryan PopeCutler
- Peter FerdinandoJacob
- Sara DeeThe Field (voice)
- Laura ObiolsAnastasia
Recommendations
- 100
The Telegraph
Wheatley’s extraordinary film shakes you back and forth with a rare ferocity, but the net result is stillness. - 90
Village Voice
It's sweaty, disorienting, thrilling. Rarely has a narrative feature so marvelously integrated a sequence of experimental filmmaking, and that sequence alone guarantees A Field in England should thrive on the midnight circuit. - 83
The Playlist
The film is the most formally experimental, and probably the least approachable, of the director's titles to date. But it's further proof of Wheatley's singular sensibilities as a filmmaker. - 80
The Guardian
Wheatley's new film is grisly and visceral, an occult, monochrome-psychedelic breakdown taking place somewhere in the West Country during the civil war. - 80
Time Out London
This is a film built on sensation, misdirection and randomness. The result can be maddeningly obtuse, but it’s also breathtakingly lovely and genuinely unsettling. - 80
Empire
Very physical, with intense performances and half-serious period talk, it’s an impressive, haunting picture — though the sort of thing you have to meet at least halfway to enjoy. - 80
Total Film
Ben Wheatley’s strangest movie yet: mysticism, mystification and magic mushrooms in a English Civil War setting. Often confusing, occasionally infuriating – but audaciously original. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A Field in England is a rich, strange, hauntingly intense work from a highly original writer-director team.
