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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThis process unfolds in terse, compelling fashion with ravishing camerawork by Agnès Godard.
- 70L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThough Lifshitz's attitude toward sex and sexuality ranks among the most progressive in contemporary movies, he doesn't belabor it; seen through his eyes, Wild Side is a love story in which love is unrestrained by matters of gender or sexual orientation or even the number of lovers.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoViewers are either going to walk out after 10 minutes or, like this tolerant critic, get caught up in the sordid lives of the three misfits and stick around for the ambiguous ending.
- 60Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimLifshitz successfully maneuvers his trio of outcasts toward a state of grace: His vision of misfit utopianism, in its own quiet way, is as defiant as anything in Fassbinder.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe primary impression is lots of moping and mooning, plus a song at the beginning with some of the worst lyrics you've ever heard.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenToo elliptical and poetically structured to cohere as more than an intense mood piece with social ramifications. The movie is so enraptured with its own romantic desolation that its narrative drive becomes sidetracked.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirWild Side is sometimes maddening to watch, but will haunt you for days afterward.
- 40The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinA sustained mood piece of disquieting intensity, but its almost unbearable air of morose ennui becomes hard to take even in small doses, let alone in a highly concentrated torrent of misery like this.