So you want to be a climate refugee and you live in England? Here’s your chance to roam the countryside in despair, wondering how everything fell apart so quickly (and damply). Yeah, this is a serious sunny side down film.

It stars Jodie Comer as a new mother as the rain comes and floods London. A great mass of civilization flees into the countryside to find shelter and a square meal… which doesn’t go well since everyone is in a state of depression, desperation, and dissolution.

This film is very quiet, very naturalistic… it’s not dramatic or apocalyptic so much as its downtrodden. This isn’t the end of the world, but maybe the end of comfort and safety in it. It’s a macro story told on a micro level by someone who has no control, no power, and no ability to make things better or worse. We only hear an occasional news report of what’s going on in the rest of the country.

There are moments that suggest a more typical post-apocalyptic film but they are rare. More this flick seems to settle on practical realism. And the director makes a choice any time a dramatic event occurs… he smash cuts over it to the next moment. This leaves the viewer unsure of what’s going on, maybe reflecting how unmooring the main character feels.

The flick is quiet, slow, and thoughtful and will probably be too quiet, slow, and thoughtful given what people might expect from the premise. Almost despite myself, I was brought into it, really vibing with its quiet, naturalistic tones. It worked for me.

Score: 84