Zoo
THINKFilm | Release Date: April 25, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Devor doesn't endorse horse-on-man sex, but he does attempt--with sympathy--to account for the appeal. Read full review
60
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Zoo avoids any taint of exploitation, but it errs on the opposite extreme. I came away from it wanting a little less Art and a lot more simple reportage. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Paradoxically, it is precisely because Mr. Devor refuses to acknowledge the murkiness that clings to every frame in his film, because he refuses to engage with the world beyond that of the zoophiles, that they seem like creatures from some never-ending night. Read full review
50
PremiereGlenn Kenny
Constructing the narrative (made up mostly of dramatic reenactments, although given the static nature of many of the scenes, the word "dramatic" is pushing it) obliquely, Devor and co-writer Charles Mudede weave in the thread concerning the individual referred to as "Mr. Hands" into the film almost casually. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
You could wander into this poetic documentary willing to be sympathetic toward its subject -- men who have sex with horses -- and still find Zoo cryptic and borderline bogus. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderStaff (Not credited)
Interviewees are too busy excusing themselves to offer much illumination into their desires, and Devor's moody style (silhouettes, reenactments, an ominously throbbing score) only heightens the sleazy Dateline NBC feel. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Time and again, Devor sabotages his own attempt to bring "zoos," literally and figuratively, into the light. Read full review
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