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Awix (3310 KP) rated Raw (2017) in Movies

Feb 10, 2018 (Updated Feb 10, 2018)  
Raw (2017)
Raw (2017)
2017 | Horror
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7.1 (20 Ratings)
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A Rare Treat
French language horror-drama with a you've-got-to-be-kidding-me premise that turned out to be one of the smartest and subtlest films of the year. It's the same old story we've seen a thousand times before - lifelong vegetarian goes off to vet school, is force-fed rabbit kidney, discovers an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

Ah yes, but as well as a degree of gore (weirdly, the most disturbing part of the film for me was watching someone receive a rather inept bikini wax), the film also has interesting and thoughtful things to say about peer pressure and the social demands placed on young women by the modern world - whether they don't even try to fit in or just try too hard, the results are often harsh.

The ending almost seems to be trying to reposition the film as a black comedy, but most of the way through this is ferociously intelligent and self-assured film helped a lot by Garance Marillier's remarkable performance. If you only watch one feminist cannibal allegory this year...
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) Feb 10, 2018

I loved this movie!
    Meatballs

    Meatballs

    Matteo Bruno

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    Meatballs make the perfect dish for a Monday night supper, a Saturday night dinner party or a Sunday...