The film spans about a day and runs a mere 90-minutes, but in that time, it undergoes a stunning metamorphosis, from a naturalistic depiction of rural Kerala to a winking, expressionistic nightmare.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 24, 2021

Amorphous violence explodes in a darkly unsettling tale.

| Jan 22, 2021

There are visuals here that you will not be able to get out of your head. This film is only 90 minutes and you're not going to be able to look away.

| May 18, 2020

The challenge for the audience is to simply keep up. Jallikattu is such sensory overload - containing so many crowded images and rhythmic cuts - that we almost need a little distance to fully appreciate what the filmmakers have pulled off.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 5, 2019

Consider the idiom "bull in a china shop" put on notice, while "buffalo in an Indian village" waits, hoofs stomping, in the wings.

| Oct 4, 2019

At times almost an abstract collage of image and sound, the film's opening both sets the scene and ramps up the energy to a level which rarely flags.

| Oct 4, 2019

The control the director displays as the film races along... Jallikattu is exhilarating, and I am still all shook up, a few hours after the standing-ovation gala screening.

| Sep 13, 2019

Still, when Jallikattu lets it rip, it's as exciting and unusual an experience as you're likely to get this year. Grab it by its horns and don't dare let go.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2019