Let the Corpses Tan
Kino Lorber | Release Date: August 31, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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TheWrapWilliam BibbianiAug 31, 2018
Let the Corpses Tan is high-octane high art. It’s incredibly violent. It’s unexpectedly playful. It’s strikingly sumptuous. And its depths could easily be mistaken for shallow stylistic overtures. But if you examine the surface more closely, you’ll discover it’s impressively smart. It may be one of the most rapturous movies of its kind. Read full review
80
Film ThreatNorman GidneySep 3, 2018
Let the Corpses Tan is a fiendishly clever, meticulously stylish, lean, comedic thriller. Its sole purpose is to grab you by the lapels and entertain the living hell out of you, boy does it. Read full review
80
Village VoiceApril WolfeAug 30, 2018
More times than I could count I had no idea what the hell was happening, and also just didn’t care that I didn’t know. Let the Corpses Tan is that strange and beautiful. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 6, 2018
Löwensohn's Luce is an amoral fury, as much death goddess as aging libertine, a figure who drives the imagery as much as she is captured by it. In a world where boredom is the only sin, every act of violence or lust is all at her pleasure. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Mark MedleyAug 30, 2018
It’s a profoundly weird film but hypnotic nonetheless. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthAug 30, 2018
You might not understand what the hell is happening in Let The Corpses Tan, but you’ll certainly never be bored. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeAug 29, 2018
Like "Amer" and "The Strange Color Of Your Body’s Tears," Let The Corpses Tan is fetishistic, kaleidoscopic, and obsessed with the intersection between sex and death. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterAug 30, 2018
The craftsmanship on display in Let The Corpses Tan is flawless. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoAug 30, 2018
Let The Corpses Tan is a stunning display of visual seduction and slaughter-first gunplay, if not somewhat distracted by a skeletal script that’s been stripped of all meatiness. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 30, 2018
Let the Corpses Tan — or, to use its even better French title, “Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres” — is a feverish, obsessive act of cinematic rehabilitation, a shoot-’em-up conceived in tribute to a peculiar strain of blood-spattered B-movies from the 1960s and ’70s. Read full review
67
UproxxVince ManciniAug 30, 2018
Gleefully crafted and full of memorable shots. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyAug 30, 2018
Even if the rewards are limited, the technique is impeccable. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterNeil YoungAug 30, 2018
Indeed, the picture works best when it eschews dialogue and plot altogether and the lush musical elements combine with the intense hues of Manu Dacosse's 16mm-shot visuals to stimulatingly trippy effect. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAug 31, 2018
An arty tribute to violent, sensuous, over-the-top Euro-trash pulp fiction. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChuck BowenAug 28, 2018
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani get so lost in their catalogue of fetishes that they lose grasp of the snap and tension that drive even a mediocre heist narrative. Read full review
40
The New York TimesManohla DargisAug 30, 2018
A formalist experiment that soon devolves into a mannerist indulgence. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSep 6, 2018
The already confusing story loses all hope of clarity as day turns to night — the second half of the movie is in near-darkness, making even the stylish visuals hard to decipher. What little interest you have in the characters is effectively extinguished as well. Read full review
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