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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhen it’s all over, the viewer gets to wrestle with everything everyone here does — the plight of Syria, the nature of art, “exploitation” and the nature of “freedom.” Not bad for the first Tunisian film much of the world will have ever had the chance to see.
- 80Screen DailySarah WardScreen DailySarah WardIt’s the central performance by feature first-timer Mahayni that best demonstrates the picture’s overall charms.
- 80VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonAn audacious but not always palatable mix of drama, tragedy, romance, satire and dark humor.
- 75Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanAt times, The Man Who Sold His Skin plays like a cultural parody, but its aim is dead serious, and more sobering. The pathos and tragedy of the global refugee crisis is its target, not the pretensions of the international art market, and it, from time to time, delivers a sting.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThough the final product isn’t quite a home run, it is nonetheless a very intriguing work that again suggests Ben Hania is a talent to watch.
- 67Austin ChronicleJenny NulfAustin ChronicleJenny NulfTunisia’s first Oscar-nominated film, The Man Who Sold His Skin, is an emulsion of ideas, each as ambitiously thought-provoking as the next.
- 63Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithArt, commerce, and immigration are inextricably bound in Kaouther Ben Hania’s playful and gently moving, if uneven, film.
- 63RogerEbert.comTomris LafflyRogerEbert.comTomris LafflyWhile it hardly breaks new ground, The Man Who Sold His Skin still manages to be a breezy watch, with an assured filmmaker gently steering it through a rough-around-the-edges tale.
- 60The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe lustrously shot movie breaks Sam out of the gallery grind through Hollywood-grade somersaults in storytelling (one of them so breezily violent as to feel a little tasteless)
- 50IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe more bizarre The Man Who Sold His Skin becomes, the less original it gets.