Wild Tigers I Have Known
IFC First Take | Release Date: February 28, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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60
Film ThreatDon R. Lewis
While the film feels a little creepy towards the end, Archer has a really amazing visual style and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterRichard James Havis
Tigers shares a penchant for rigorous self-analysis with such relatively recent films as "Chumscrubber," "Mysterious Skin" and "Tarnation." Read full review
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Striking and self-indulgent in equal measure, Cam Archer's first feature, Wild Tigers I Have Known, is an impressive declaration of talent that nonetheless gets a little drunk and disorderly at the trough of High Art. Arresting visual and sonic textures frequently overwhelm sketchy narrative, leaving surface provocation too seldom ballasted by deeper psychological truths or emotional impact. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesEd Gonzalez
The film is a persistent spectacle of audio-visual mood and twee posturing: Strange musical currencies underscore almost every scene, and Logan's acts of scoping and cocooning, in and out of Joey's planetary-themed bedroom, are punctuated with fuzzy video of animals on the hunt. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyRobert Wilonsky
The film is distancing and off-putting, more a feat of look-at-me-ma derring-do than something resonant, meaningful and just the slightest bit moving. Read full review
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