Deerskin
Diaphana Films | Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
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20
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83
The PlaylistBradley WarrenMay 15, 2019
A hilarious and twisted festival amuse-bouche with tremendous cult appeal. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Simran HansJul 19, 2021
Dujardin plays it ingeniously straight, embarking on a violent rampage set to French lounge music. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid HughesJul 19, 2021
At 77 minutes, it's short – but it will stay with you for a long, long time. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeJul 16, 2021
Dupieux is flogging no message. He’s inviting us to take risks on a ride that is as unpredictable as it is spooky. And it’s all done in under 80 minutes. There is nothing else like it out there. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 14, 2021
The richness and strangeness of the comedy is somehow simply down to Dujardin’s frowningly serious and haughty face. Read full review
80
CineVueMartyn ConterioJul 14, 2021
The result is predictably crackpot and enigmatic. Read full review
80
EmpireJohn NugentJul 12, 2021
The most terrifying fashion film since The Devil Wears Prada, Deerskin is a deliciously ridiculous farce played largely straight. This is a jacket you will feel the benefit of. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievNov 20, 2019
At barely over an hour, Deerskin packs quite a punch, and is bound to get under your skin. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMay 16, 2019
Although ostensibly set in the present day, this odd, frightening and entrancing little movie seems stuck in a moment out of time. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 15, 2019
A loopy entertaining WTF lark. ... The fact that it holds you, for 77 minutes, is a testament to the debauched rigor of Dupieux’s filmmaking. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMay 1, 2020
Deerskin is funny, weird and original; it features two charismatic stars, and it does everything it needs to do in only 77 minutes. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiApr 30, 2020
We learn very few specific details about this somewhat monotonous guy, and yet that vagueness makes him and his quest more relatable. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 30, 2020
This tale of a leather coat that wants to be God may not be the director’s finest work, but it’s certainly more than a fringe benefit. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 16, 2020
In Deerskin, Quentin Dupieux mines the absurdism that is his signature with newfound forcefulness. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd May 17, 2019
Deerskin is more of a twisted lark than anything else, but it hits on something meaningful—a first for a director who’s shown almost no prior interest in reality, even within a film called Reality. Read full review
70
TheWrapMonica CastilloMay 4, 2020
Following the stylish mountain man as he reverts to his base, feral nature, the movie itself feels sparse, almost minimalistic. It’s stripped down to its barest essentials, just a crazed individual under the influence of the illusion of masculine power. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearApr 30, 2020
If this pitch-black comedy seems perilously close to falling apart under the weight of its creator’s ambitions and near-camp aesthetic (a common problem with even the best of Dupieux’s work), it also comes at a type of delusional alpha dudes in the most gleefully caustic of ways. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterMay 15, 2019
The modest running time ... means that it does feel a little slight and underdeveloped in places. However, there are enough sparks of originality and comic invention throughout to capture those in search of something winningly offbeat and unexpected. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnMay 15, 2019
It’s hard to shake the feeling that Dupieux’s outré premise would have worked better as a short, as the unusual narrative struggles to make the scenario palatable even at the bare minimum for a feature-length treatment. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMay 1, 2020
Deerskin isn’t weird enough to be great, mostly because Dupieux (“Rubber, “Reality”) is a little too precious when it comes to pacing, characterizations, humor, etc. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 30, 2020
A demented fetish comedy that escalates to startlingly nonchalant violence, Deerskin (written and directed by Quentin Dupieux) flickers tantalizingly between awful and awesome. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijMay 15, 2019
Slight but quite amusing ... But despite a few good gags and committed performances, the nagging suspicion that this eccentric concept would’ve worked better as a medium-length work or even a short remains. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternApr 30, 2020
Mr. Dujardin won a best actor Oscar in 2012 for his buoyantly funny performance in “The Artist” as George Valentin, a silent-film star on the way down. Here he’s Georges with an “s” but without the buoyancy or the fun, a man descending into murderous delusion. Quentin Dupieux’s glum absurdist fable gives absurdism a bad name. It’s a facile notion inflated to feature proportions — just barely, since the running time is only 77 minutes. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerApr 30, 2020
A tedious mix of Reno 9-1-1 awkward humor and the queasy provocation in Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!, it felt like Dupieux was trying too hard, and Deerskin feels like the injection of the leather obsession just never quite meshes with the rest of the story. Read full review
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