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Untamed, The (18)

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A couple in a troubled marriage locate a meteorite, initiating an encounter with a mysterious creature. Their lives are turned upside down by the discovery of the creature, which is a source of both pleasure and destruction.

The critical consensus

A disjointed but satisfyingly gruesome study in human sexuality.

***(*)(*)Mark Allison, Little White Lies, 17/08/2017

For all the fringe weirdness on display, though, The Untamed sadly doesn’t add up to a whole lot more than its freaky parts. But what freaky parts.

Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 17/08/2017

This sly and subversive allegorical body horror from the Mexican director of Heli is about the universal drives and addictions that power us all through life.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 17/08/2017

The mysterious Veronica (Simone Bucio) could be the answer to all their desires in a film that has some of the otherworldly intensity of Scarlett Johansson feature Under The Skin.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 18/08/2017

Mexican director Amal Escalante mixes naturalism and otherworldly CGI in bravura fashion.

****(*)Jonathan Romney, The Observer, 20/08/2017

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