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83 out of 100

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  • Summary: Taxidermia contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father, and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War Two, lives in his bizarre fantasies; he desires love. The huge father seeks success as a top athlete — a speed eater — in the post-war pro-Soviet era. The grandson, a meek, small-boned taxidermist, yearns for something greater: immortality. He wants to create the most perfect work of art of all time by stuffing his own torso. (Regent Releasing)… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Matthew Sorrento
    100
    Only for fans of the bizarre and certainly not for those with even a faintly weak stomach. But for those meeting both qualifications: Welcome to a devious little nightmare.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    100
    A brilliant, often grotesquely bizarre allegory on life in Hungary from World War II to the present.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Patrick Peters
    60
    Keeping it surreal has never been so nauseating and, at times, hilarious.

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