A Skin So Soft
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: June 15, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Slant MagazineClayton DillardJul 6, 2018
The pleasure of Denis Côté's film radiates not so much from its storytelling as it does from the meditative force of its formal construction. Read our review. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersJun 16, 2018
Côté’s film patiently paints a picture of men who are more than their bodies, revealing the emotions beneath the skin and muscles and challenging perceptions about them. Read full review
75
The Film StageRory O'Connor
Côté’s film does work very well for the most part as a somewhat cold, ornamental study of what our epidermal tissue looks like at terminal mass. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 5, 2018
Their narcissism is repellent yet riveting, and Mr. Côté comes at his subjects with an artful, exploratory obliqueness that’s endearingly curious, as if discovering a whole new species. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 16, 2018
This doc seeks the vulnerability in subjects who live in pursuit of iron-man ideals many of us find ridiculous. Read full review
70
VarietyJay Weissberg
Côté assures them a humanity as well, without trying to analyze their obsession with this extravagant concept of masculinity, nor the need for self-display. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSimon AbramsJul 5, 2018
Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté holds up a shallow mirror to the world of bodybuilding in the underwhelming experimental documentary A Skin So Soft. Read full review
40
CineVueJohn Bleasdale
Côté employs a methodical reticence that often leaves the viewer guessing as to the significance of the images we are seeing. Read full review
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