Wild Indian
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: September 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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10
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3
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0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSep 7, 2021
It seems clear that Corbine wanted to make a personal movie, not a history lesson or morality play aimed at hypothetical white viewers, and it's impossible to look at the finished product without feeling that he succeeded. Read full review
85
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaFeb 3, 2021
Wild Indian is a singular achievement; a film so raw and centered that it dares you to look away from scenes that simmer and burn. It’s too early in 2021 to jump the gun and start calling out “best of the year” material, but Wild Indian certainly deserves to enter the conversation. It’s a film you won’t soon forget. Read full review
83
The Film StageDavid KatzFeb 3, 2021
Wild Indian is a bold, anger-wreaked character study, creating a deeply unsympathetic antihero who nevertheless inspires some pity and understanding. Read full review
80
The GuardianPhil HoadOct 26, 2021
Amid the current explosion of affirmative diversity-driven film-making, there is a kind of strength in such a self-excoriating and uncompromising point of view. Corbine Jr is one to watch. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLisa KennedySep 2, 2021
The ensuing violence and its aftermath are chilling, woeful and utterly consistent with the tragedy that began long before a fateful afternoon in the woods. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 3, 2021
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s feature debut represents indie cinema at its most stark and elemental. Read full review
80
Screen DailyTim GriersonFeb 3, 2021
This muted drama is powered by uneasy questions about how our environment and cultural heritage inform our lives — and whether individuals can ever truly break free of their past. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleJenny NulfSep 2, 2021
Wild Indian is a horrifying and thought-provoking thrill ride that packs quite a punch when it hits right. Read full review
75
The PlaylistCarlos AguilarFeb 3, 2021
Mostly compelling but unfocused, Wild Indian dips its narrative feet in a slew of themes, all worthwhile, and doesn’t commit to any of them as its guiding star in the murky sky of its ambition. As the filmmaker tries to bind all of the moving parts, the whole turns scattered-brained and structurally disjointed. Read full review
72
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpSep 2, 2021
Wild Indian doesn’t have answers. There aren’t any. Instead, there are experiences, and Corbine Jr. captures his protagonists’ personal transformations with steeled honesty. Read full review
60
CineVueMatthew AndersonOct 27, 2021
Corbine Jr.’s debut is a lean, disconcerting and impressively shot character study. Hovering on a glimmering knife edge, there are flashes of brilliance here. Read full review
60
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 3, 2021
Wild Indian doesn’t quite add up, but it heralds an important new voice — not just because of his Native American heritage (although that plays a central role in this project’s concerns), but even more on account of the complexity he’s willing to acknowledge in his characters. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 3, 2021
The great shock of Wild Indian is Corbine isn’t afraid to paint Makwa as more of a sociopath than a victim. The filmmaker destabilizes that false dichotomy to such a frightening degree that audiences might see him as a simple monster as opposed to an overflowing vessel for centuries of genocidal trauma. Read full review
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