Satire is tricky business; one weak link and the entire edifice collapses. Bodied is a brash and loud testament.

| Jun 9, 2023

It’s nice to be reminded that a movie can still be both a subversive pop culture satire and a god damned entertaining piece of filmmaking.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 9, 2023

Bodied is way more complex than it has any right being and is a rocking rollercoaster of a viewing experience.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jun 9, 2023

There’s about a billion debates about very specific issues — and, for the most part, I think the needle’s threaded pretty well.

| Jan 11, 2023

A wildly original exploration of bad taste and cultural sensitivity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2020

It's . . . oddly safe, sometimes with a point and sometimes with the sort of satire that simply allows viewers to project preconceived beliefs onto it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 24, 2020

The film uses rap to express metaphors about racial tensions, prejudice, and the democratization of existing ethnic and cultural stereotypes in an American society tarnished by political correctness. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 17, 2020

Screenwriter Alex Larsen packs in so many ideas that the film is as intellectually dense as anything by Jean-Luc Godard, though director Joseph Kahn maintains a fluid style throughout.

| Feb 24, 2020

Bodied is a blisteringly urgent and inescapably topical meditation on race, class and identity.

| Oct 9, 2019

Bodied has a lot on its mind. So much that it doesn't always know how to balance it, but watching it try to is entertaining and eye-opening.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2019

Bodied takes viewers on a kaleidoscopic tour of battle rap culture, dropping dope rhymes and ill punchlines all along the way.

| Jul 28, 2019

Anyone who watched the final act of Eminem pseudo-biopic 8 Mile and wished it had been directed by Edgar Wright is about to find their new favorite film.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Even if you have absolutely no affinity for battle rap what-so-ever, Bodied deserves to be seen - an endlessly brave deep-dive into the power of language, delivered as a full-on execution of 2018 culture.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 5, 2019

Bodied is a fearless firecracker of a film, dishing out a steady stream of laugh-out-loud sequences and "did they really just go there?" moments while challenging perceptions every step of the way.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 9, 2019

Bodied covers its bases with a certain self-awareness, heading viewers off before they can cry foul.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 2, 2019

Bodied is probably not for most audiences, but those who like their humor to be both crude and knowing will likely have as much fun watching it as I did.

| Feb 7, 2019

Lighthearted fare with a provocative edge.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2018

The hyper-stylized world [Joseph] Kahn creates has an artistry that barrels its way into the social consciousness in a manner that few films would ever attempt.

| Original Score: B | Dec 13, 2018

It's shaggy, overlong, and sometimes tough to take, but ultimately if one can listen or read between the bars being spit, Bodied is smart and worthwhile viewing.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Nov 9, 2018

The insightful and immersive film manages to both salute the artistry of battle rappers and satirize the hypocritical culture that sustains their livelihood.

| Nov 9, 2018