“Exhilarating… Part of what’s exciting is how the filmmakers marshal genre in the service of their ideas, using film form to deflect, tease and surprise.” – Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“Wildly entertaining… I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Simultaneously retro and totally modern, this film looks like a Spaghetti Western but aches with 21st-century rage… Bacurau is a warning, and a cry of populist anger. Like Parasite, it shows the least among us rising up and fighting back against the ruthlessness of global inequality… [they] would make a hell of a double feature.” – Taylor Antrim, Vogue

“Unexpectedly moving… a genre-busting entertainment that is at once a portrait of a community, a horror thriller and a timely piece of political filmmaking.” – John Powers, NPR

“Four stars! Bacurau crams elements of the western, John Carpenter-y beats, mordant wit and peppery political commentary into one hugely entertaining modern exploitation flick.” – Philip De Semlyen, Time Out New York

“Four stars! Bacurau never wastes a chance to leave a mark on its audience.” – Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com

“[A] boldly inventive political fantasy… offers a thrillingly imaginative playbook for resistance.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“A modern-day Western with some of the raw, hallucinatory power of a Sergio Leone epic. Rich and extremely filling.” – Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times

“Utterly distinctive filmmaking, executed with ruthless clarity and force. A scream of satirical defiance. This is not just fantasy, not just symbolism — it is the shape of things to come.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“Without a doubt the most cathartic cinematic experience of [the year]… Tired of seeing countless people of color fall to anonymous deaths in the background of globe-trotting franchise extravaganzas?  Here’s the righteous inverse. In this 21st century fairy tale, the queer, the nude, the poor and the forgotten vanquish tech-toting imperialists.” – Patrick Dahl, Screen Slate

“A perfect blend of blistering social commentary and illicit genre-flick thrills.” – David Fear, Rolling Stone