The Green Inferno
critic Reviews
, 38% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Green Inferno may not win writer-director Eli Roth many new converts, but fans of his flair for gory spectacle should find it a suitably gruesome diversion.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJason BaileyFlavorwire
It's mostly just sad - not because Roth takes such a sharp scalpel to the social justice movement, but because he swings a baseball bat, and misses by a mile.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeObserver (UK)
Flat-pack acting, frat-boy screenwriting (the portrayal of activists is spitefully dumb) and retro gore combine with smug throwback neocolonialist racism and unfunny jokes about diarrhoea, dope and Scooby-Doo.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDavid JenkinsLittle White Lies
es, Roth's film has its expected moments of high transgression, but you can never get away from the fact that all these references have been attached to the most hackneyed teen slasher narrative imaginable.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGeoffrey MacnabIndependent (UK)
Eli Roth's cannibal horror movie has its full quota of gore, but this is much more than an exploitation pic.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreKate MuirTimes (UK)
We see certain films so you never, ever have to, and The Green Inferno is one such atrocity.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
The sheer chutzpah of Eli Roth escalates in this breathtakingly crass, ultra-violent satire targeting the liberal PC classes - a twist on Ruggero Deodato's cult shocker Cannibal Holocaust.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBrian EggertDeep Focus Review
The Green Inferno provides some momentary shocks, but it’s as heavy-handed as anything on Roth’s résumé.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreJason AdamsMy New Plaid Pants
More goofy than it ever manages scary
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEmma WolfeSpookyAstronauts
This movie tackles a surprising and different kind of storyline yet it is quite predictable. It won't go down is one of my favorites of the year but it was exciting and I found it very amusing and entertaining.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael McWhertorPolygon
I can't necessarily recommend The Green Inferno, a brutally gory and smug reproach of "slacktivism."
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