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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarRogerEbert.comCarlos AguilarThe more heightened aspects of this genre piece don’t feel of place thanks to both lead performers operating with remarkable subtlety.
- 70Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievWe Are Living Things unravels gradually, methodically. It could’ve used a bit more tension and slightly higher stakes, for the silences in-between its words aren’t as weighty as the filmmakers seem to have intended. Yet it’s refreshing to see a love story rooted in reality, despite the sci-fi undertones.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWe Are Living Things is more a movie of feelings than plot or explanations of that plot and the characters. And as such, dark as it sometimes gets, it’s a winner.
- 60The New York TimesAustin ConsidineThe New York TimesAustin ConsidineAntonio Tibaldi’s cool and atmospheric We Are Living Things posits in original if not always fully formed ways: Refugee life is often a choice between competing probabilities, a state of permanent ambiguity.
- 58Original-CinOriginal-CinThere is a lot of subtlety in this film, but too much of the plot is left to ambiguity or weak implication. The UFO theme is almost completely sublimated in favour of the relationship between the two fringe dwellers.