The Wound
Pyramide Distribution | Release Date: August 16, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 15, 2017
Mr. Trengove shoots the film in intimate wide-screen, getting in close to the performers as their characters tamp down explosive feelings, often letting the spectacular landscapes behind them break down into soft-focus abstractions. His direction is perfectly judged up to and including the shudder-inducing ending. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 7, 2017
Trengove’s direction keeps things firmly grounded in the play of glances and intimacies under shelter of nature’s seclusion — dusk-lit silhouettes stealing moments, a waterfall rendezvous. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiAug 17, 2017
The result is a dark and stirring variation on the standard coming-of-age narrative that, much like its central characters, does not follow the path one might expect. Read full review
83
The PlaylistEli FineAug 16, 2017
Wherever you may fall on its ending, The Wound is a movie worth watching for myriad reasons, not least of which is the fact that it’s as emotionally and dramatically compelling as any American indie to come out this year. Seek it out and see it on the big screen. Read full review
80
Time OutHelen O'HaraMay 8, 2018
It’s a strange mix: the posturing of the younger boys is funny, but behind their literal dick measuring is the threat of violence. Read full review
80
EmpireJimi FamurewaApr 30, 2018
Necessary, deft and ultimately shocking. This is a beautifully hewn, brave piece of filmmaking that asks difficult, searching questions that will haunt you long after the credits roll. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAllan HunterMar 19, 2017
The initial promise of a South African Brokeback Mountain broadens into a measured consideration of class, race, self-loathing and self-assertion in a compact but pleasingly complex drama. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 13, 2017
John Trengove’s first feature takes real chances, delivering a troubling portrait of the collision between communal and personal identity. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 13, 2017
The Wound is rich in such small, observational details. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 16, 2017
The plot ends in a place that feels honest and true, but it gets lost in a kind of narrative no-man’s land on its way there. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAug 15, 2017
The Wound excels so long as it hangs back a bit, watching Xolani struggle to project the authority that his role demands, despite being acutely aware of his own vulnerability. Read full review
72
Paste MagazineDaniel SchindelAug 24, 2017
Against the backdrop of a coming-of-age ritual, The Wound finds its greatest insights in contrasts between tradition and modernity. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonMar 13, 2017
Though the film settles into a familiar coming-of-age trajectory, it's always enlivened by John Trengove's intimate, inquiring eye. Read full review
60
TheWrapDan CallahanAug 15, 2017
The writing in The Wound can be conventional and overly explanatory, but this doesn’t matter because the subject is so fresh. Read full review
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