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.
A family implodes with a biting commentary on patriarchy.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
16 Dec 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:
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
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:
The movie stays elegantly restrained just long enough for the true horror of what they're doing to sink in.