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We Are What We Are

We Are What We Are

Horror · Thriller · 2010

After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.

Movie details

We Are What We Are

“Young. Wild. Hungry.”

2010 Horror · Thriller 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.

CriticWise case file

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Jorge Michel Grau

Written by

Jorge Michel Grau

Paulina Gaitán

Paulina Gaitán

Sabina

Francisco Barreiro

Francisco Barreiro

Alfredo

Alan Chávez

Alan Chávez

Julián

Carmen Beato

Carmen Beato

Patricia

A

Adrián Aguirre

Adriana

Miriam Balderas

Miriam Balderas

Sheyla

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zárate

Owen

Court is in session

Put We Are What We Are on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.