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The Untamed attempts some ambitious tonal juggling between fantastical and disturbing -- and draws viewers in with its slippery, inexorable pull.
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[Amat Escalante's] film may lack the subtlety of Val Lewton's famously allusive RKO chillers, but there's the same sense that the shadowy rooms braved by the characters are no less than the human psyche itself. Sep 7, 2017 | Full Review…
[Amat Escalante's] film may lack the subtlety of Val Lewton's famously allusive RKO chillers, but there's the same sense that the shadowy rooms braved by the characters are no less than the human psyche itself.
J. R. Jones
This film is a very sly, subversive and disturbing black tragicomedy about a universal secret addiction. Aug 17, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This film is a very sly, subversive and disturbing black tragicomedy about a universal secret addiction.
Peter Bradshaw
An explicit and excoriating story of eros unmoored and unmooring - the devastating power of sexual pleasure when it's stripped of both function and meaning. Aug 11, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An explicit and excoriating story of eros unmoored and unmooring - the devastating power of sexual pleasure when it's stripped of both function and meaning.
Matthew Lickona
Escalante draws remarkable performances out of his cast of mostly newcomers in this film about the consequences of pleasure and the many meanings of flesh; where animal intelligence fills the void left by emotional disconnect. Aug 9, 2017 | Full Review…
Escalante draws remarkable performances out of his cast of mostly newcomers in this film about the consequences of pleasure and the many meanings of flesh; where animal intelligence fills the void left by emotional disconnect.
Katie Walsh
The unsure approach to rich material (based on a story about a newspaper's homophobic coverage of a drowned man) mixes the sexy and grotesque - and cancels each other's good parts out. Aug 2, 2017 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The unsure approach to rich material (based on a story about a newspaper's homophobic coverage of a drowned man) mixes the sexy and grotesque - and cancels each other's good parts out.
Carlos Valladares
...a fantastical premise collides with Escalante's solemn realism, making for a quiet, unforgettable mash-up, inspired by director Andrzej Zulawski's Possession. Jul 24, 2017 | Full Review…
...a fantastical premise collides with Escalante's solemn realism, making for a quiet, unforgettable mash-up, inspired by director Andrzej Zulawski's Possession.
April Wolfe
The Untamed is a masterpiece in science fiction cinema that transcends the boundaries of social comment and its admitted admiration for Zulawski's Possession. [Full review in Spanish] Mar 20, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The Untamed is a masterpiece in science fiction cinema that transcends the boundaries of social comment and its admitted admiration for Zulawski's Possession. [Full review in Spanish]
Nicolás Ruiz
Slippery and sly, The Untamed boasts some originality. Jan 29, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Slippery and sly, The Untamed boasts some originality.
Filipe Freitas
Of the numerous new filmmakers to emerge from Mexico at the turn of the century, none excite me more than Amat Escalante. Dec 3, 2018 | Full Review…
Of the numerous new filmmakers to emerge from Mexico at the turn of the century, none excite me more than Amat Escalante.
Daniel Nava
The Untamed is a dark and erotic story filled with both realistic characters and nightmare visions. Nov 7, 2018 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
The Untamed is a dark and erotic story filled with both realistic characters and nightmare visions.
Michelle Kisner
The forest has a bit of Antichrist, but it's far less pretentious and way more enjoyable. [Full Review in Spanish] May 16, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The forest has a bit of Antichrist, but it's far less pretentious and way more enjoyable. [Full Review in Spanish]
Benjamín Harguindey
[Amat Escalante] changes his cinematic genre without abandoning his particular style. [Full Review in Spanish] Feb 26, 2018 | Full Review…
[Amat Escalante] changes his cinematic genre without abandoning his particular style. [Full Review in Spanish]
Alejandro Alemán
I didn't know what the hell I was getting into at the time though, I found this film to be a weird combination of family drama with an H.P. Lovecraftian intersection into the narrative. While not some straight up creature feature, it's that explicit image that's going to stick to people's minds when they watch this film. Forget that tentacle scene in 'Rogue One' that felt unnecessary, here it plays an important part in underlining the central subject matter of either helping out one with their social problems or being a strange source of their destruction since it came from an unusual origin that not all surprising. It was mostly a well crafted film with some great cinematography showcasing the outskirts of Mexican society in the countryside. As was the written aspect of the mystery underling in the drama of it's character's, audiences are forcefully invested in. You this certain something exists and there's proof throughout the film to reveal why, though the pacing is slow and the film doesn't offer a lot of thinking power to initial plot progression. Why you may forgive the film for it's flaws, it's nonetheless a weird fascination of the unknown interrupting our daily lives, recommended purely for those who love the weird underside of life.
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