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Summary [Originally screened at Cannes as "Black Flies".] Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a young paramedic in New York, teams up with Rutkovsky (Sean Penn), an experienced EMT. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.

Directed By: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Written By: Ben Mac Brown, Shannon Burke, Ryan King

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Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary [Originally screened at Cannes as "Black Flies".] Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a young paramedic in New York, teams up with Rutkovsky (Sean Penn), an experienced EMT. Discovering the chaos firsthand, he is tested with the ethical ambiguity that can be the difference between life and death.

Directed By: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Written By: Ben Mac Brown, Shannon Burke, Ryan King

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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80
Mar 27, 2024
What Sauvaire shows in these films is the intense human emotions that infuse these dramatic action movies.
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67
May 21, 2023
Black Flies offers plenty of nihilistic entertainment. But don’t be too tempted to look for any depth in a film far too comfortable in the formulaic confines.
By Rafaela Sales Ross FULL REVIEW
60
May 21, 2023
Certainly not free of clichés, Black Flies actually gains an added soul-sickness from being stuck with them as everyday realities.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
45
May 21, 2023
Impressive in its single-mindedness, this is nonetheless a movie that dares you to try and like it – and most likely, few will take Sauvaire up on that dare.
By Steve Pond FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 28, 2024
This jittery drama wants viewers to appreciate the unique burdens facing emergency medical workers. Its approach to achieving this goal, however, involves a profusion of overly literal allusions to the paramedics as arbiters of life and death.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW
40
May 21, 2023
By the end, Black Flies leaves the viewer battered, bruised and bleeding out on the sidewalk, but never fully captivated
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 26, 2024
Shove everything into the meat grinder of cynicism and, in the end, your insights come to feel purely incidental.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sculptor Media, AZA Films, Force Majeure, Projected Picture Works, Two & Two Pictures
Release Date Mar 29, 2024
Duration 2 h 5 m
Rating R
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Tagline Welcome to the frontlines.
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Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
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