87
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- What has been crafted with The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open is the multitudinous reality of past and present, absent and material; a world-affirming space of narrative realization that speaks to those who exist within the efforts and “now” of survival.
- 100Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDon’t let its florid, mouthful of a title mislead you: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a film that’s as urgent and unpretentious as it is remarkable. It’s safe to say you haven’t seen too many movies quite like it.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisFilmed almost entirely in real time, and using a series of long, intimate takes, “The Body Remembers” is about privilege and its lack, motherhood and its absence, race and its legacy.
- 83Original-CinThom ErnstOriginal-CinThom ErnstThe film is gentle, subtle, patient and wholly authentic. What makes it essential is not only in its ability to create a drama that’s real, harrowing, haunting, and hopeful but in its ability to keep playing in our heart long after it’s over.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThere's a wrenching sadness to this simply told story, but also but also a heartrending hope.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeStands out in a field of generic, cookie-cutter dramas, not simply in terms of representation — though the female-made, indigenous-focused thriller offers a field day for intersectionality theorists — but also in the unconventional way the story unfolds.
- 75Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe Body Remembers When the World Broke Open is a genuine social realist film and the fact that it is shot in real-time only heightens the sense of reality. Everything is authentic.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe lack of dramatic fireworks mute the film’s impact somewhat. And young Ms. Nelson has an unfortunate tendency to mumble, swallow her lines.