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Every Body

2023

Documentary, Self: River Gallo, Alicia Roth Weigel, Sean Saifa Wall

5.6

Documentary Three individuals overcame shame, secrecy, and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods. Choosing to ignore medical advice to conceal their bodies and coming out as who they truly were.

	Media	Author	Review
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"It 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 (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] sensitively chronicles fight for intersex rights"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The intersex among us get an overdue documentary portrait"
		Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"Cohen has perfected the art and science of packing information and compelling personal stories into 90 minutes"
		Kristen Lopez The Wrap	"[It] is about a serious and under-reported topic, yet Cohen makes it fascinating without ever exploiting the trio of people she’s documenting"
		Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Vibrant study of the lives of intersex people (...) Despite its accounts of brutal medical interventions, this is a celebratory, upbeat film (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Teo Bugbee The New York Times	"The film benefits from its choice of subjects, as Wall, Gallo and Weigel are all endearing and deeply informed. Their candor animates the unimaginative talking head interview footage from the director Julie Cohen"
		Samantha Bergeson IndieWire	"A beautiful and cathartic celebration of intersexuality -and should be mandatory viewing for people of all genders"
		Brecken Hunter Wellborn Collider	"Informative and inspirational"
		Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle	"As 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 (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Julie Cohen hosts an illuminating conversation with three outside-the-box activists, who challenge assumptions at a time when gender issues have consumed national politics"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Eye-opening documentary sheds light on intersex people (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A sympathetic and very contemporary study (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jocelyn Noveck Chicago Sun-Times	"Illuminating documentary (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Odie Henderson Boston Globe	"A master class in how a documentary should be done (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		David Lewis San Francisco Chronicle	"With a zippy soundtrack and breezy editing style, 'Every Body' comes off as an up-to-date declaration that being intersex is something to be celebrated. In the end, we can't help but share in the enthusiasm (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

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