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Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceDespite the film's leisurely pace, nothing is wasted -- no word, no image, no sound. Every element is blended together to create individual scenes that come to feel like stand-alone photographs, leaving viewers both captivated and even ultimately feeling compassion for the anti-hero.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterWhen a filmmaker is capable of exploring a series of frankly outlandish filmic, thematic and moral propositions with absolute conviction and sureness of touch, the results are usually memorable. Such is the case with Manuel Martin Cuenca’s Cannibal.
- 80VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibThe film’s slow deliberation and aesthetic rigor act as a form of seduction, luring the viewer into unwilling identification with Carlos.
- 63Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezIt keeps us at a remove that becomes telling of the filmmaker's reticence to explore whatever feelings of isolation and yearning may inform his main character's grisly compulsion.
- 60The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloBecause little happens story-wise, Cannibal necessarily functions as a character study, but one that’s frustratingly short on character.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAs Cannibal progresses it becomes both more traditional in its narrative and frustrating in its lack of depth.