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Bodied

2017

Joseph Kahn

Anthony Michael Hall, Faithe Herman, Debra Wilson, Calum Worthy ...

6.3

167

Comedy A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

	Media	Author	Review
		Andrew Barker Variety	"A feverishly entertaining spectacle (...) Perhaps the greatest strength of 'Bodied' is that it never settles on any one particular target."
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"'Bodied' tries to both embody the spirit of battle rap and critique it at the same time (...) The vibrant performances from Worthy and the rest of the cast help push things ahead to the grand finale"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Bodied' delivers the provocative goods at an alarming rate (...) Kahn’s visually restless approach provides a delightful platform for exploring Adam’s conundrum"
		Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"It’s so thickly packed with technical and verbal dazzle that whatever biting point it might have had to make ends up completely lost."
		Jake Cole Slant	"Adam’s nervous entry into rap gradually becomes a sincere, if hilarious, treatise on the impossibility of reducing art to value judgments (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		David Fear Rolling Stone	"We just know that satire-wise, there’s some killer bars left on the killing floor here (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"A movie that’s so bombastic and eager to offend, not for the sake of a reaction, but to actually question why that reaction exists. Even if you have no interest in rap battling, 'Bodied' will suck you in"
		Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"An outrageous and outrageously entertaining treatise on cultural sensitivity (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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