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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The Film StageLeonardo GoiThe Film StageLeonardo GoiFlowers, in that, feels both ancient and novel. It’s a film whose visual experiments invite one to see the world anew, even as the demons that fuel it harken back to a passion for storytelling that’s as old as time itself.
- 83IndieWireSophie Monks KaufmanIndieWireSophie Monks KaufmanHuman Flowers of Flesh becomes stranger and more liminal until one is literally lost at sea. This frustrating condition is not without its pleasures and consolations. The question of what the title is referencing provides a poetic source of intrigue.
- 70The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThere is little story beyond the snatches of conversation we receive, but Human Flowers of Flesh brims with visual and aural detail from the rocky coasts and gurgling reefs.
- 50Screen DailyNeil YoungScreen DailyNeil YoungThis a film which has all the superficial contours of a profound and intelligent enterprise, but little of the actual content.
- 38Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardThere’s an emptiness to Helena Wittmann’s Human Flowers of Flesh that no amount of striking cinematography, thematic suggestion, and allusions to Jean Painlevé can disguise.