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Femme

2023

Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, George MacKay, John McCrea, Aaron Heffernan ...

6.7

1,379

Thriller Jules' life and career as a drag queen are destroyed by a brutal homophobic attack. But when she is reunited at a gay sauna with her attacker, Preston, who keeps his sexual orientation hidden, she is presented with an opportunity for revenge. Unrecognizable without her wig and makeup, Jules infiltrates Preston's life and, in doing so, begins a dangerous seduction.

	Media	Author	Review
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"The very impressive feature debut of writing and directing duo Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping, 'Femme' is subversive, unsettling and sexually charged"
		Jason Adams Mashable	"'Femme' rejects the straight in favor of something fascinatingly messier... there is hotness to be found in great abundance... knows the power in bottoming!"
		Valerie Complex Deadline	"Within the walls of Freeman and Ping’s script, there is a unique examination of revenge and retribution."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"The pas de deux of tenderness and violence, passivity and aggression between Stewart-Jarrett and MacKay keeps you watching (...) But 'Femme' ends up being less subversive than it seems to think it is"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A really well-worked-through story with tense developments and reversals; it keeps you on the edge of your seat and the outstanding performances from Stewart-Jarrett and MacKay have delicacy, subtlety and depth (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"Brutal Queer revenge thriller (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Diego Semerene Slant	"'Femme' fascinatingly taps into the radical possibilities of the sartorial as narrative device, exploring the tabooed nuances of queer subjectivity and muddying the lines between gay and trans (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Lynn Henson USA Today	"Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping expand on their 2021 short film of the same name, bringing to the table many provocative ideas about queer power dynamics (...) But the result is disappointingly sluggish"
		Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader	"This queer thriller avoids predictability and masterfully explores masculinity, ethics, and identity"
		Kaiya Shunya Dread Central	"A new revenge thriller that not only reimagines what the genre can be, but perfectly flips it on its head (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ryan Lattanzio IndieWire	"A bruiser of a British queer revenge thriller that plunges straight into the gray areas that can form between attacker and victim"
		Rafaela Sales Ross The Playlist	"The exercise attempted by Freeman and Ping one far too concerned with the dangers of ambiguity to pay attention to the cunning trap of blatancy"
		Manuel Betancourt Los Angeles Times	"[It] proves to be a gorgeously mounted meditation on queer and queered performance. As Freeman and Ng’s film arrives at its necessarily cruel (...) you’re left as torn as its central pair"
		Sophie Butcher Empire	"George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett utterly thrill in this sexually charged, suspense-filled watch. Don’t let this one pass you by (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Marco Vito Oddo Collider	"'Femme' is not always an easy watch due to its heavy themes. Still, with a tight 90-minute run packed with intricate characters, it's a thriller you don't want to miss"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"A nuanced examination of masculine identities and disguises"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"Both Stewart-Jarrett and MacKay do a remarkable job wrestling with their character's inner and outer conflicts, but so much of 'Femme' is about the pain of queer life, that it leaves out its joy (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Stephen A Russell Time Out Australia	"Incendiary London thriller (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew Mack Screen Anarchy	"A nail-biting, white-knuckle queer thriller"
		Beatrice Loayza The New York Times	"The film avoids a cut-and-dried triumphalism for something more slippery and, perhaps, more meaningful, too"
		David Katz Cineuropa	"Exciting and tense debut "

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