78
Metascore
13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungRunning the gamut from social comedy to actioner to war movie, Clash is an original, often quite disturbing experience to watch.
- 80The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThis is a ferociously well-made film right through to the bitter end.
- 80Screen DailyLee MarshallScreen DailyLee MarshallWhile the stand-off does have its scripted moments, Clash rises above this for two reasons. Firstly, it’s intensely cinematic.... Secondly, underlying the drama is a rather poignant lament for the unity and energy of Egyptian culture, something which comes through in a wealth of small details.
- 80VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergBoasting superb camerawork from d.p. Ahmed Gabr and stellar crowd direction, Clash might strike some as crossing too often into hysteria, yet this is bravura filmmaking with a kick-in-the-gut message about chaos and cruelty (with some humanity).
- 80Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonTime Out LondonTrevor JohnstonThe story is fictional, yet it builds up a chastening picture of divisive separate political and religious agendas holding sway over common humanity, and leading the country deeper into chaos. A striking, tough-minded achievement.
- 80CineVueMatthew AndersonCineVueMatthew AndersonTaking place over the course of a little less than 24 hours, it is day-in-the-life cinema at its most pertinent.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe movie stunningly replicates that sense of inside and outside that must be felt by witnesses to any historic moment: the private debate, the enclosed conflict, and the theatre of confrontation unfolding beyond. What a dynamic piece of cinema.
- 80Total FilmPhilip KempTotal FilmPhilip KempThe sense of angry desperation overwhelms.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyClash turns into a full-fledged horror movie, albeit one without the fake comfort of a supernatural or science-fiction pretext. It’s just man’s inhumanity to man, in full sway.