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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film.comFilm.comHere is a pitch-black psycho-horror-comedy to restore one’s faith in the “What the eff did I just watch?” genre.
- 75The PlaylistJames RocchiThe PlaylistJames RocchiIt’s a bit of an irony that The Voices doesn’t have much to say, but the fact of the matter is that it’s the tone and the tenor of the film that make it most watchable; a truly hilarious film about truly horrible things, the real artistry in Satrapi’s direction of The Voices speaks for itself.
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartRyan Reynolds is chillingly perfect as a nice-guy factory worker struggling with schizophrenia and murderous impulses in this tonally wild indie, which is nearly too horrifying to be funny — but not quite.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe film’s combination of psychological drama -- cue the childhood trauma -- with blood-splattered limb-cutting, talking heads in the fridge and talking pets on the couch is a risky one that finally works because Perry and Satrapi find the right tonal mixture for the material.
- 70Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonThe Voices is a perfect film that's hard to watch.
- 60The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksSatrapi's disreputable little creepshow finally doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Maybe that's fine. The Voices provides an enjoyably trashy antidote to the traditional Sundance fare of soulful drama and crusading documentary.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIn tapping Satrapi to interpret this project, the producers have done about as well as one could expect with such material. Still, a bit more consistency in style would have gone a long way.
- 12Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenFor most of the film's running time, one mistakes the main character's callousness for the filmmakers'.