Origin vs Ungentle

Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Ungentle). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 37m. Ungentle is the older of the two (2022 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Origin posterOrigin2024 VS Ungentle posterUngentle2022
OriginUngentle
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.3/10
Year20242022
Length5m37m
GenresDrama, HorrorDrama
Country––
DirectorJoby StephensHuw Lemmey, Onyeka Igwe
Main castImmy Taylor, Emma HutchingsBen Whishaw

Synopsis

Origin

1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.

Ungentle

A fictionalised essay read by Ben Wishaw exploring the complicated relationship between British espionage and male homosexuality. An anonymous narrator talks through the various chapters of his life as a spy and a gay man in late 20th-century Britain. His vivid stories of intimacy and surveillance play out over shots of the luscious countryside, busy Central London streets, and nighttime cruising zones.

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