The Green Inferno
Open Road Films (II) | Release Date: September 25, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 2, 2015
The Green Inferno is not exactly a feel-good film, but it gets a very particular job done. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 25, 2015
Unlike the '70s Italian cannibal movies, The Green Inferno doesn’t have a mondo vibe. It’s artfully made and acted with skill. Read full review
60
The GuardianSteve RoseSep 26, 2015
The Green Inferno will be gleefully offensive and unpalatable to mainstream audiences, who may be more similar to The Green Inferno’s victims than they’d like to think. No one could accuse Roth of lacking guts – even if he hasn’t found the perfect recipe for them. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatySep 30, 2015
The Green Inferno is less a riff on spaghetti splatter flicks like Cannibal Holocaust than a desperate-to-shock pastiche of guts and gore served with a wink to audiences with strong stomachs. You know who you are. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSep 24, 2015
Izzo, who co-starred with Roth-the-actor in Aftershock, is a fine genre actress, standing out from a cast of blonde women with her naturalistic performance and signs of courage and initiative. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 24, 2015
The film reawakens long-repudiated notions of white supremacy and such, but Mr. Roth is surely not trying to peddle them. He’s merely seeing if he can replicate the formula of the subgenre. And he does, fairly slickly, in fact. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMichael OrdonaSep 24, 2015
The blood-soaked “Inferno” practically ends up a promotional snuff film for deforestation. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSep 17, 2015
The savagery here is rooted in retrograde myths that might have been easier to stomach had the cannibalism been positioned as a fantastical unleashing of retribution. Read full review
50
The PlaylistCory EverettSep 17, 2013
In many ways the film feels like a regression -- it's more juvenile, less polished and feels less labored over than his previous efforts. Read full review
42
IndieWireEric KohnSep 17, 2013
Unfortunately, the unbridled shock value isn't matched by a similar investment in other ingredients that might have made this low rent B-movie worthwhile. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzOct 2, 2015
The Green Inferno offers up extreme gore, unlikable characters and seriously confused themes (is it a pro-environment film, an ode to imperialism, a satire of social-justice warriors or a poorly sketched combination of all three?). Read full review
38
New York PostKyle SmithSep 24, 2015
Finish your popcorn early if you’re going to The Green Inferno, and save the bucket to barf in. Read full review
35
TheWrapInkoo KangSep 25, 2015
At best, The Green Inferno is a reliable shock and disgust-delivery system. At worst — and it certainly veers toward the worst — it’s a racially reprehensible work that exploits one of the world’s most powerless peoples. And no number of movie-geek references to “Cannibal Holocaust” is going to change that. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiSep 24, 2015
The film is measured and executed effectively to satiate horror fans' bloodlust, yet its underlying messages are just so repugnant. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSep 23, 2015
The Green Inferno feels like a retread of a retread. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMichael NordineSep 22, 2015
Roth amplifies that exploitation flick's least interesting components (gore, cruelty) at the expense of all others. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshOct 2, 2015
It's clear that Roth was trying to say something about the brave new world of social media-enabled social justice, and public shame as a tool for change, but the message is garbled. That it comes wrapped in a horror package that just isn't truly scary or suspenseful is the real shame though. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Sep 23, 2015
Enjoying this rancid slab of red meat depends not just on an appetite for slop, but also a taste for sloppy leftovers. Read full review
20
VarietyGeoff BerkshireSep 28, 2015
Empty cynicism isn’t a substitute for well-reasoned critique, and Roth winds up looking more clueless than the so-called “social justice warriors” he’s trying to satirize. Read full review
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