Wild Tales
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: February 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 5, 2015
The movie rarely, if ever, feels mechanical. Instead, you may find yourself marveling at the fertility of an imagination that could allow itself to toss so many vivid characters and stories—enough to supply four or five movies — into one generous package. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireFeb 20, 2015
Deserves to become a serious art-house hit in the U.S. thanks to its skill in deftly overcoming the form’s usual deficits, for a result that feels as amazingly cohesive as it is relentlessly clever and entertaining. Read full review
100
HitfixDrew McWeenyMay 25, 2014
Beyond being very smart and funny, it's also a great looking movie. Read full review
100
IndieWireEric KohnMay 25, 2014
While adhering to an internal logic that makes each punchline land with a satisfying burst of glee, the movie nevertheless stems from genuine fury aimed a broken world. It's the rare storytelling endeavor that manages to be laughably absurd and profoundly tragic at the same time. Read full review
92
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeFeb 24, 2015
Wild Tales represents the work of an exceedingly skillful storyteller. Read full review
90
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekFeb 17, 2015
Wild Tales is loose-limbed, rowdy, and exhilarating — in its vibrant lunacy, and with its cartoonishly brash violence, it's a little bit Almodóvar, a little bit Tarantino. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 25, 2015
Snap! That’s the crack of people teetering on the verge in each of the six segments in the perversely entertaining Argentinian film Wild Tales, a more-than-deserving recent Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMar 13, 2015
Madly entertaining and just plain mad. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 5, 2015
Wild Tales rockets along with sleek, amoral charm and a masterful sense of cinematic storytelling; it’s worth noting that one of the producers is Spain’s Pedro Almodóvar. Read full review
88
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 26, 2015
Szifrón handles the tone and presentation masterfully. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 19, 2015
Writer-director Damián Szifron hasn't made one film — he's made six, stitched together under one title and sent out to a world that may not be ready. Screw the pussies. Wild Tales is gleefully out for blood. Read full review
80
Total FilmJamie GrahamMar 23, 2015
Imagine all of D-Fens’ fury in Falling Down squeezed into one short, then times it by six. A gloriously crazed compendium that fizzes with OMG and OTT moments. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 19, 2015
This is really entertaining stuff. It requires the ability to laugh at misfortune, but Szifrón is so skilled in his writing and direction that this isn't a problem. Read full review
80
Time OutGeoff AndrewFeb 23, 2015
Grudges, minor insults and found-out flirtations lead to mayhem and murder on a cataclysmic scale. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanFeb 19, 2015
The direct translation of this deliciously devilish film’s Spanish title is “Savage Stories.” That’s a more fitting title. Read full review
80
VarietyJay WeissbergMay 25, 2014
Szifron does a terrific job of pacing thanks to expert editing (he shares credit with Pablo Barbieri) within each episode and a genuinely subversive sense of humor. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMar 19, 2015
The infectious dark comedy Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) argues that payback is more satisfying when it’s doled out in fiery, bloody and outrageous doses. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyMar 5, 2015
What really distinguishes it from the art-film crowd is that it’s also food-spittingly funny. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesBruce IngramMar 1, 2015
If everyone behaved the way the characters in Wild Tales behave, civilization would crumble. But the real take-away lesson here is how easy it might be for any of us, swept up in a moment of bloodlust, to consider pure raging hostility a fair trade. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 20, 2015
If you’ve ever fantasized about busting up somebody’s nuptials, this movie is for you. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 19, 2015
Damián Szifron’s Wild Tales almost feels too audacious, too crazy, and, in some ways, too slight for the Oscars. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 18, 2015
The filmmakers have cannily structured this crazed collection of shorts, using running time and general quality as organizational criteria. The best segments serve as bookends. The worst ones are buried in the middle. Read full review
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeFeb 18, 2015
The film is nominated for this year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, and it doesn’t deserve to snatch the prize from the towering likes of “Ida,” “Timbuktu” or “Leviathan.” Yet in its gaudy, predictable way, Wild Tales is enormous fun, and the consistent wit of the quiet stretches shows there’s more to Szifrón than shock tactics. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenFeb 13, 2015
Each of the six vignettes that make up this unusually energetic anthology pertains to the methods of calculated mass dehumanization that are (barely) hidden beneath the practices of social institutions. Read full review
75
The PlaylistOliver LytteltonMay 25, 2014
It's crisply and cleanly shot throughout, and the filmmaker shows a rare feel for how to not only make comedy land, but also to make it actually feel cinematic too. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinFeb 22, 2015
Whatever the style, the point is blunt, reductive: Civilized humans can transform, in an instant, into blindingly destructive forces of nature. Not exactly an original thesis, but as a source of movie fodder, it’s scarily entertaining. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 19, 2015
Mr. Szifron creates inhabited worlds with comic timing and visual flair, but you can hear him chortling as he shovels his people into the grinder. Read full review
70
The DissolveTasha RobinsonFeb 17, 2015
There’s a good deal of the sick-and-twisted element of The ABCs Of Death here, but managed with better pacing, more maturity, and more room to build each segment. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 25, 2014
Wild Tales opens and closes with a bang, and at its best is a riotously funny and cathartic exorcism of the frustrations of contemporary life. Read full review
60
The TelegraphMike McCahillApr 2, 2015
Vengeance has powered countless movies over the years, but rarely can it have been given such a thorough – and thoroughly entertaining – showcase as it gets in Wild Tales. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleMay 25, 2014
As we pass from one story to another the relentless savagery does get a bit grinding. In addition, at two hours in length, Szifron's film is perhaps one skit too long. Regardless, Wild Tales is an inventive, occasionally hysterical ride. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 19, 2015
You never lose interest for a moment, and the images are often striking: Javier Julia did the stylish cinematography. Yet there’s little lift from the carryings-on, not much buoyancy in the misanthropy. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesCharles SolomonOct 30, 2014
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but Argentine writer-director Damián Szifron allows it to sit until it congeals in the dreary six-part anthology Wild Tales. Read full review
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