The Voices (2015) Movie Review

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The Voices (2015) Movie Review
Rating:     Rated R for bloody violence, and for language including sexual references
Production:     Studio Babelsberg
Genres:     Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Countries:     USA, Germany
Language:     English
Director:       Marjane Satrapi
Writer:         Michael R. Perry
Stars:          Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick

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The Voices critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com

 Film.com
Here is a pitch-black psycho-horror-comedy to restore one's faith in the “What the eff did I just watch?” genre.

HitFix
Perhaps a little more successful when winking at genre expectations than when playing things straight, The Voices is funny, disturbing and whimsical.

The Playlist James Rocchi
It's a bit of an irony that The Voices doesn't have much to say, but the fact of the matter is that it's the tone and the tenor of the film that make it most watchable; a truly hilarious film about truly horrible things, the real artistry in Satrapi's direction of The Voices speaks for itself.

New York Observer Rex Reed
It's a tormented Tony Perkins at the Bates Motel, re-imagined by "Saturday Night Live," with all the risks implied.

New York Post Sara Stewart
Ryan Reynolds is chillingly perfect as a nice-guy factory worker struggling with schizophrenia and murderous impulses in this tonally wild indie, which is nearly too horrifying to be funny - but not quite.

The Hollywood Reporter Boyd van Hoeij
The film's combination of psychological drama -- cue the childhood trauma -- with blood-splattered limb-cutting, talking heads in the fridge and talking pets on the couch is a risky one that finally works because Perry and Satrapi find the right tonal mixture for the material.

Village Voice Amy Nicholson
The Voices is a perfect film that's hard to watch.

The Guardian Xan Brooks
Satrapi's disreputable little creepshow finally doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Maybe that's fine. The Voices provides an enjoyably trashy antidote to the traditional Sundance fare of soulful drama and crusading documentary.

Variety Peter Debruge
In tapping Satrapi to interpret this project, the producers have done about as well as one could expect with such material. Still, a bit more consistency in style would have gone a long way.

Slant Magazine Chuck Bowen
For most of the film's running time, one mistakes the main character's callousness for the filmmakers'.