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Certificate 15

Cast Adrián Aguirre Francisco Barreiro Paulina Gaitan.

Directors Jorge Michel Grau.

Screenwriters Jorge Michel Grau.

Running Time 89 minutes

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We Are What We Are
Gives new meaning to the phrase 'going out for a Mexican'

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Plot
When the father of a Mexican family dies the kids must take responsibility for making ends meet. Or should we say, meat.

Review
It’s hard to decide what’s more gruelling in horror-satire We Are What We Are: the grinding poverty that the featured family live in, or the fact that they've taken to eating people. After the father dies of a terminal case of indigestion, it's up to the children to put meat on the table, a grim job not helped by the batty mother's aversion to the easiest prey, the local prostitutes. Meanwhile, elder brother Alfredo (Francisco Barreiro) is on the cusp of coming out as gay, while his brother apparently has the hots for his sister. Macabre, biting (apologies) and grimly funny, it's a bit like if Mike Leigh were to remake The Hills Have Eyes. From the cannibal’s point of view. In Mexican.

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RE: RE:

The movie has some of the dumbest cops that I have ever seen on the big screen. ... More

Posted by Rgirvan44 at 13:16, 26 November 2010 | Report This Post

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Sat & watched this in a cinema where I was the only person so was hopeing to be scarred shitless but much to my dissapointment it was very very slow & only picked up toward the end & for a film about cannaballs there wasn't much in the way of cannaballisum on show. 6/10 ... More

Posted by Wild about Wilder at 09:45, 26 November 2010 | Report This Post

Just adding the 4 star rating. ... More

Posted by DJ Satan at 12:51, 18 November 2010 | Report This Post

RE: You are what you Eat .......

Loved this film. Riviting from the start. It's early lack of of gore helped build up the tension and create something a lot more terrifying and unsettling than most Hollywood horrors. While the some scenes later equalled the amount of blood that would be seen in Dexter there was nothing too graphic and the true horror came from the characters actions and faces. From the excellent start with the almost zombified father being swept away to the chilling climax this is an interesting stu... More

Posted by DJ Satan at 12:46, 18 November 2010 | Report This Post

RE: You are what you Eat .......

I hated this film. It was like Mike Leighs Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which might have been interesting, if it had smart characters, a decent script or anything close to interesting filmmaking. It is just a drab, boring film, which also holds back on the bloodletting in many scenes. Avoid. ... More

Posted by Rgirvan44 at 16:43, 13 November 2010 | Report This Post

You are what you Eat .......

Strange Film indeed, but quite an absorbing one in fact. I'm not going to mention any Mexican food here though........ ... More

Posted by n13roy at 22:29, 11 November 2010 | Report This Post

Cateir de Pheniox

Does this family also have some fava beans and a nice chianti. ... More

Posted by Cateir de Pheniox at 22:19, 10 November 2010 | Report This Post

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