Some Like It Rare
FrenchBarbaque
Directed byFabrice Éboué
Written byFabrice Éboué
Vincent Solignac
Produced byJulien Deris
David Gauquié
Jean-Luc Ormières
Starring
CinematographyThomas Brémond
Edited byAlice Plantin
Music byGuillaume Roussel
Production
company
Cinéfrance
Distributed byApollo Films
Release dates
8 September 2021 (L'Étrange Festival)
27 October 2021 (France)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Some Like It Rare (French: Barbaque) is a 2021 French comedy horror film directed by Fabrice Éboué, starring Marina Foïs and Éboué. The film depicts a struggling butcher shop run by a married couple who begin hunting humans who practice veganism and selling their meat, labeling it as "pork".[1]

Cast

  • Marina Foïs as Sophie Pascal
  • Fabrice Éboué as Vincent Pascal
  • Jean-François Cayrey as Marc Brachard
  • Virginie Hocq as Stéphanie Brachard
  • Lisa Do Couto Teixeira as Chloé Pascal
  • Victor Meutelet as Lucas
  • Stéphane Soo Mongo as Gendarme Ntamack
  • Nicolas Lumbreras as Joshua
  • Alexia Chardard as Héméra
  • Franck Migeon as Camille
  • Colette Sodoyez as Madame Coignard
  • Ted Etienne as Stéphane
  • Roby Schinasi as Alexandre
  • Tom Pezier as Winnie

Reception

Martin Unsworth of Starburst rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that it is a "sumptuous exercise in bad taste" and that that "works to its advantage".[2] Matt Glasby of RadioTimes rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and called it "deeply, deliciously funny".[3]

Paul Lê of Bloody Disgusting rated the film 3.5 skulls out of 5 and wrote that it will "undoubtedly satisfy a craving for something dark and weird without ever feeling too heavy."[4] Film critic Anton Bitel, writing for VODzilla.co rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and called it "slyly funny" and "mildly shocking".[5]

Cath Clarke of The Guardian rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and called it "lightweight" and "gruesomely hilarious in places".[6] Mae Abdulbaki of Screen Rant gave the film a "Good" rating of 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that while the film "does wear off after a while" and that its commentary "could have been a lot more biting", it is "entertaining".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Abdulbaki, Mae (5 October 2022). "Some Like It Rare Review: French Dark Comedy Is Entertaining & Absurd". Screen Rant. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Unsworth, Martin (21 March 2022). "SOME LIKE IT RARE". Starburst. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Glasby, Matt. "Some Like It Rare". RadioTimes. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Lê, Paul (14 October 2022). "'Some Like It Rare' Review – French Cannibalism Movie Serves Up Deliciously Dark Comedy". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Bitel, Anton (21 March 2022). "VOD film review: Some Like It Rare (Barbaque)". VODzilla.co. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Cath (14 March 2022). "Some Like It Rare review – grisly laughs from butchers on a killing spree". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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