Every Body
Focus Features | Release Date: June 30, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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16
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1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisJun 30, 2023
With a zippy soundtrack and breezy editing style, Every Body comes off as an up-to-date declaration that being intersex is something to be celebrated. In the end, we can’t help but share in the enthusiasm. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJun 12, 2023
Every Body is a moving, fascinating look at a too-often-ignored subset of the world's population, filled with empathy and understanding but also a cool, analytical anger about what history has put them through. Read full review
91
ColliderBrecken Hunter WellbornJul 1, 2023
Cohen carries the reverence she feels for her subjects into Every Body, which insightfully raises awareness about intersex individuals even though some of its creative choices prove distracting. Read full review
91
IndieWireSamantha BergesonJun 28, 2023
Every Body” is a beautiful and cathartic celebration of intersexuality — and should be mandatory viewing for people of all genders. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonJul 3, 2023
Julie Cohen’s Every Body is a master class in how a documentary should be done. It packs a lot of information into a briskly paced runtime of 91 minutes, and its use of clips and talking heads doesn’t distract or feel extraneous. The Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeDec 17, 2023
Heartbreaking as this story is, the picture’s peppy energy results in a film that is celebratory and defiantly upbeat. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeJul 1, 2023
Cohen fosters an environment where the trio can share and compare their experiences, addressing topics rarely spoken of in public. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJun 29, 2023
It’s heartbreaking at times, but it’s also uplifting — the three subjects are fierce advocates and activists, and Cohen’s empathetic storytelling makes it a personal journey. It’s also often entertaining, because the three are so expressive and engaging. Read full review
80
TheWrapKristen LopezJun 13, 2023
Every Body is about a serious and under-reported topic, yet Cohen makes it fascinating without ever exploiting the trio of people she’s documenting. It’s the purest form of documentary, wherein the goal is to educate and inform without falling into prurient interest. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchKatie WalshJul 15, 2023
The intersex movement is about living fully without fear, shame or trauma, to live life on one’s own terms, and the brightness and vigor that Cohen applies to the tone follows the energy of the activists themselves. Read full review
75
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckJun 29, 2023
By the end of this illuminating film, we’re forced to confront something much deeper and more insidious: society’s need to divide humans into a binary system, and the sometimes disastrous results for those born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that isn’t neatly “male” or “female.” Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJun 29, 2023
The three people we meet here have worked every side of every street, by necessity: They’re artists of self-invention, activists of serious intent and just plain good company on screen. Read full review
70
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeJun 29, 2023
The film benefits from its choice of subjects, as Wall, Gallo and Weigel are all endearing and deeply informed. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJun 22, 2023
Every Body is primarily an informative documentary, one that takes a cursory glance at many facets of the intersex awareness conversation to give viewers unfamiliar with the material a new perspective. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleJenny NulfJun 28, 2023
As an introductory lesson to what it means to be intersex, Every Body serves its purpose well enough, but there’s no bite to the storytelling, no immediate call to action. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanJun 27, 2023
The otherwise sober-minded film relies heavily on music cues that are sometimes a little too on the nose, as when a cover of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” plays under scenes of Weigel preparing to testify in front of legislators who see gender only as black and white. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawDec 12, 2023
This is a sympathetic and very contemporary study. Read full review
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