The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, find their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the death of the family matriarch forces daughters Iris and Rose to assume special responsibilities.
The movie stays elegantly restrained just long enough for the true horror of what they're doing to sink in.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
10 Oct 2013
rotten:
There's some fun to be had, as long as your idea of fun includes being grossed out.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
10 Oct 2013
fresh:
We Are What We Are doesn't waste time with cheap scares. Mickle keeps his story on a steady, slow simmer, transporting us minute by minute into the very heart of dread.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
11 Oct 2013
fresh:
"We Are What We Are" is such a patient, trusting film it may take you a while to figure out it's a horror film.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
17 Oct 2013
fresh:
A family implodes with a biting commentary on patriarchy.