The Wild Boys
| Release Date: August 24, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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80
CineVuePatrick GambleAug 23, 2018
A conspicuous example of political cinema made into art, The Wild Boys has more ideas in its 110 minute runtime than most filmmakers have in their entire oeuvres; jumping gleefully into the murky waters of gender politics and taking great delight in the overflowing bounty of cinephilic pleasures and vulgar perversities that spurt onto the screen. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshAug 23, 2018
Writer-director Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys is a heady, sexually charged take on “Lord of the Flies” — an exciting sail on the waters of gender fluidity that energetically skewers any notion of the binary. Read full review
75
The Film StageRyan SwenAug 24, 2018
This is one of the more truly strange visions from narrative cinema in the past few years, one that dares and succeeds as much as it fails. To call it bizarre would be an understatement. Read full review
60
The GuardianCath ClarkeAug 23, 2018
Mandico has made a wildly strange debut, striking enough to make you sit up and pay attention. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBilge EbiriDec 5, 2018
It’s hard to untangle the film’s many bizarre indulgences, which at times seem intended to titillate as much as disturb, and yet somehow do neither. It’s all a bit too ludicrous to be sensuous or unsettling, or ultimately all that insightful. Read full review
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