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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzEvery Body is a moving, fascinating look at a too-often-ignored subset of the world's population, filled with empathy and understanding but also a cool, analytical anger about what history has put them through.
- 91IndieWireSamantha BergesonIndieWireSamantha BergesonEvery Body” is a beautiful and cathartic celebration of intersexuality — and should be mandatory viewing for people of all genders.
- 80TheWrapKristen LopezTheWrapKristen LopezEvery Body is about a serious and under-reported topic, yet Cohen makes it fascinating without ever exploiting the trio of people she’s documenting. It’s the purest form of documentary, wherein the goal is to educate and inform without falling into prurient interest.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt’s heartbreaking at times, but it’s also uplifting — the three subjects are fierce advocates and activists, and Cohen’s empathetic storytelling makes it a personal journey. It’s also often entertaining, because the three are so expressive and engaging.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe three people we meet here have worked every side of every street, by necessity: They’re artists of self-invention, activists of serious intent and just plain good company on screen.
- 75The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckThe Associated PressJocelyn NoveckBy the end of this illuminating film, we’re forced to confront something much deeper and more insidious: society’s need to divide humans into a binary system, and the sometimes disastrous results for those born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that isn’t neatly “male” or “female.”
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeEvery Body is primarily an informative documentary, one that takes a cursory glance at many facets of the intersex awareness conversation to give viewers unfamiliar with the material a new perspective.
- 70The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe film benefits from its choice of subjects, as Wall, Gallo and Weigel are all endearing and deeply informed.
- 67Austin ChronicleJenny NulfAustin ChronicleJenny NulfAs an introductory lesson to what it means to be intersex, Every Body serves its purpose well enough, but there’s no bite to the storytelling, no immediate call to action.
- 63Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThe otherwise sober-minded film relies heavily on music cues that are sometimes a little too on the nose, as when a cover of Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” plays under scenes of Weigel preparing to testify in front of legislators who see gender only as black and white.