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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneOur Body offers, in its unwavering commitment to staring at the fragility of life in the eye, a solace devoid of romanticism or spiritual self-delusion.
- 100The New York TimesLisa KennedyThe New York TimesLisa KennedySimon’s belief in the interconnectedness yet singularity of the varied patients is palpable. She rewards our patience with a deeper understanding of our bodies and ourselves.
- Rather than taking stories from women and retelling them in her own voice, she allows the stories to remain fully embodied––dignified and particular in the details––in a way I’ve never quite experienced outside a hospital examination room.
- 100Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangLos Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt seeks to demystify the bodies we see, normalize the act of seeking medical intervention and remind us of the great swath of humanity — of different ages, colors, genders, shapes and sizes — passing every day through this ward and others like it.
- 90VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangSimon’s nonjudgmental, empathetic curiosity is the film’s great strength. But it’s also shocking that still now, in 2023, it can be such a revelation, as women, to see “Our Body” portrayed without sexualization and without stigmatization — without, in a word, shame.
- Taking on one of cinema’s foremost obsessions with a compassionate and ethical approach, Our Body tells the hidden, forgotten and ignored stories of female bodies through their unhurried encounters with the extensive, often invasive, and wonderfully life-saving medical interventions at a Parisian public hospital.
- 90The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodySimon films the lives of others with an empathetic passion that transforms observation into deep and resonant subjectivity.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe stories in Simon’s doc live in a French context, but the plight of its participants is near universal. In the face of resurgent attacks on bodily autonomy around the world, Our Body is an urgent and political project.
- 83IndieWireSamantha BergesonIndieWireSamantha BergesonIt’s right there in the title: Claire Simon’s stunningly personal documentary “Our Body” might generally be about her own health journey, but it’s really fixated on the communal experience of occupying a female body. Our body.
- 75RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowSimon has an exceptional eye for the small details that illuminate the quiet but devastating, literal life and death moments.