Wild Tales (2015) Movie Review

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Wild Tales (2015) Movie Review
Rating:     Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality
Production:     El Deseo S.A.
Genres:     Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Countries:     Argentina, Spain
Language:     Spanish
Director: Damián Szifrón
Stars: Liliana Ackerman, Luis Manuel Altamirano García, Alejandro Angelini, Damián Benítez

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David Rooney | Hollywood Reporter
Szifron's voice is nonetheless very much his own, a mischievously blunt response to a culture of inescapable corruption, economic and social inequality and injustice.

The Nation | Stuart Klawans
Above all, note the ratio of laughter to mayhem, which remains high in Wild Tales despite the continually mounting pile of corpses

Variety | Jay Weissberg
A wickedly delightful compendium of six standalone shorts united by a theme of vengeance -- the kind that explodes in spectacular bursts after a put-upon soul is screwed over too many times.

Screen International | Fionnuala Halligan
Its tales of the unexpected have twists and turns, but they're always innovative, and the music choices are unexpectedly left-field and pulpishly entertaining.

Los Angeles Times | Charles Solomon
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but Argentine writer-director Damián Szifron allows it to sit until it congeals in the dreary six-part anthology "Wild Tales."

HeyUGuys | Stefan Pape
This dark comedy bears a resemblance to the likes of British sketch show The League of Gentleman, deranged, surreal and absolutely hilarious in parts.

Eye for Film | Amber Wilkinson
Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that this phalanx of stories doesn't have a weak point.

CraveOnline | Fred Topel
Each story unfolds concisely, establishing the characters and situation, building up the tensions and some laughter along the way. In such a short screen time, we barely know these characters but we relate to them.

TwitchFilm | Jason Gorber
An exciting and energizing achievement in film-making, a truly funny work that's equally deep and philosophical, all while not taking itself too seriously.

Slant Magazine | Budd Wilkins
As in the episode with the engineer turned terrorist, where restitution of the family unit supersedes revolutionary politics, it's clear that Szifrón lacks Almodóvar's truly confrontational sensibility.

Badass Digest | Jordan Hoffman
If you don't see a part of yourself in some of these stories, I suspect you are living in La Denegacion.