We Are the Flesh
Arrow Films | Release Date: January 13, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Total FilmJamie GrahamJan 9, 2017
Think Luis Buñuel spliced with Hieronymus Bosch. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineBudd WilkinsJan 17, 2017
The film establishes a hypnotic rhythm through razor-stropped editing and a reverberant sound design that later scenes will disrupt with alarming impunity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 19, 2017
Viewers expecting a garden-variety horror flick will likely recoil, but those seeking new voices in Mexican cinema may well hail Minter's effort. Read full review
70
Village VoiceRob StaegerJan 19, 2017
Filmgoers who brave We Are the Flesh may regret seeing it. Forgetting it is another matter entirely. Read full review
70
VarietyCatherine BrayJan 9, 2017
Serving as co-editor as well as writer and director, Emiliano Rocha Minter is very much the author of all the chaos wrought here, and his thoroughly arresting vision could squat quite comfortably alongside Hieronymus Bosch’s depiction of hell. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoJan 9, 2017
This is dirty, abusive, sticky, heartfelt (?), enlightened (??), intellectual (???), deranged, offensive, damningly provocative filmmaking at its…most…unhinged? Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayJan 12, 2017
Until the thought-provoking, from-left-field twist ending, We Are the Flesh mostly seems like a series of sick tableaux, dredged up from the director’s subconscious and then splattered across the screen. But there’s genuine artistry even to this film’s most exploitative moments. Read full review
60
CineVueMartyn ConterioJan 9, 2017
Challenging, daring, provocative, disgusting - We are the Flesh is all those things and then some, but also superbly crafted and always visually compelling. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 19, 2017
We Are the Flesh, its abundance of repellent imagery notwithstanding, has an air of the academic about it. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichJan 9, 2017
For every moment of sick visceral genius (e.g. whenever Hernandez or Evoli are left to their own devices), there’s another of clumsy metaphor (e.g. the limp punchline of the movie’s final minutes). Read full review
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