Our Body
The Cinema Guild | Release Date: August 4, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
93
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangAug 14, 2023
It seeks to demystify the bodies we see, normalize the act of seeking medical intervention and remind us of the great swath of humanity — of different ages, colors, genders, shapes and sizes — passing every day through this ward and others like it. Read full review
100
The Film StageDarren HughesAug 3, 2023
Rather than taking stories from women and retelling them in her own voice, she allows the stories to remain fully embodied––dignified and particular in the details––in a way I’ve never quite experienced outside a hospital examination room. Read full review
100
The New York TimesLisa KennedyAug 3, 2023
Simon’s belief in the interconnectedness yet singularity of the varied patients is palpable. She rewards our patience with a deeper understanding of our bodies and ourselves. Read full review
100
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJul 25, 2023
Our Body offers, in its unwavering commitment to staring at the fragility of life in the eye, a solace devoid of romanticism or spiritual self-delusion. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeAug 4, 2023
The stories in Simon’s doc live in a French context, but the plight of its participants is near universal. In the face of resurgent attacks on bodily autonomy around the world, Our Body is an urgent and political project. Read full review
90
The New YorkerRichard BrodyAug 1, 2023
Simon films the lives of others with an empathetic passion that transforms observation into deep and resonant subjectivity. Read full review
90
Screen DailyTara JudahJul 31, 2023
Taking on one of cinema’s foremost obsessions with a compassionate and ethical approach, Our Body tells the hidden, forgotten and ignored stories of female bodies through their unhurried encounters with the extensive, often invasive, and wonderfully life-saving medical interventions at a Parisian public hospital. Read full review
90
VarietyJessica KiangJul 25, 2023
Simon’s nonjudgmental, empathetic curiosity is the film’s great strength. But it’s also shocking that still now, in 2023, it can be such a revelation, as women, to see “Our Body” portrayed without sexualization and without stigmatization — without, in a word, shame. Read full review
83
IndieWireSamantha BergesonAug 4, 2023
It’s right there in the title: Claire Simon’s stunningly personal documentary “Our Body” might generally be about her own health journey, but it’s really fixated on the communal experience of occupying a female body. Our body. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinMar 5, 2024
The camera’s gaze isn’t pitiless but there isn’t a scrap of sentimentality – just an unflinching willingness to look at all of life straight on, without blinking. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowAug 4, 2023
Simon has an exceptional eye for the small details that illuminate the quiet but devastating, literal life and death moments. Read full review
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