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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesFilm ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesShe Is Conann shatters the limits of cinematic imagination.
- 78Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiAustin ChronicleJosh KupeckiShe Is Conann is a politically charged, blood-, sex-, and tears-soaked sword, carving through the helpless arteries to the heart of cinematic mediocrity, and it is Mandico’s strongest vision yet.
- 75ColliderMaggie LovittColliderMaggie LovittShe Is Conann is not for the faint of heart, weak of stomach, or morally pious. It plays upon the most provocative ideas imaginable—pushing the boundaries of not only sexuality, gender, and self-image, but societal norms too.
- 75Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassDecadent, hermetic, and gleefully hostile to realism, Bertrand Mandico’s film is the cinematic equivalent of a French Symbolist poem.
- 75RogerEbert.comKatie RifeRogerEbert.comKatie RifeThere’s something about the savagery of “Conann” that’s freed the director to really go there, birthing a ferocious, fabulous Athena out of his splitting forehead.
- 70The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaIt’s more of a fever dream than an actual story, offering a queer counternarrative to the macho vision of the legendary warrior that is as hypnotic as it is gnarly.
- 65Paste MagazineKatarina DocalovichPaste MagazineKatarina DocalovichFans of female-led body horror such as Titane will dig She Is Conann for its delicious violence, gender-bending “badassery” and surreal aesthetic. I only wish Mandico’s dedication to story or character development were as strong as his barbaric heroine.