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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThe pleasure of Denis Côté's film radiates not so much from its storytelling as it does from the meditative force of its formal construction. Read our review.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersCôté’s film patiently paints a picture of men who are more than their bodies, revealing the emotions beneath the skin and muscles and challenging perceptions about them.
- 75The Film StageRory O'ConnorThe Film StageRory O'ConnorCôté’s film does work very well for the most part as a somewhat cold, ornamental study of what our epidermal tissue looks like at terminal mass.
- 70VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergCôté assures them a humanity as well, without trying to analyze their obsession with this extravagant concept of masculinity, nor the need for self-display.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThis doc seeks the vulnerability in subjects who live in pursuit of iron-man ideals many of us find ridiculous.
- 70The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisTheir narcissism is repellent yet riveting, and Mr. Côté comes at his subjects with an artful, exploratory obliqueness that’s endearingly curious, as if discovering a whole new species.
- 40CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleCôté employs a methodical reticence that often leaves the viewer guessing as to the significance of the images we are seeing.
- 40Village VoiceSimon AbramsVillage VoiceSimon AbramsCanadian filmmaker Denis Côté holds up a shallow mirror to the world of bodybuilding in the underwhelming experimental documentary A Skin So Soft.