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REVIEWS We Are What We Are A refreshingly mature genre entry about teen cannibal sisters tempers its gruesome bloodshed by wrapping it in serious-mindedness BY DAVID ROONEY In the deliciously seasoned genre treat We Are What We Are, director Jim Mickle and his screenwriting partner Nick Damici take the bones of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name, about a family of cannibals, and reassemble them into an entirely different creature. Exchanging impoverished urban anxiety for rural creepiness in upstate New York, this reimagining serves up chilling American Gothic that slowly crescendoes into an unexpected burst of gloriously pulpy Grand Guignol. You may never look at a bowl of beef stew the same way again. Picked up for U.S. release soon after its Sundance premiere by eOne Distribution, the film is that rare modern horror movie that <strong>The</strong> Parker kids contemplate dinner. doesn’t fabricate its scares with the standard bag of postproduction tricks. Instead it builds them via a command of traditional suspense tools — foreboding atmosphere, methodical plotting, finely etched characters and a luscious orchestral score that effectively plays against the ominous tone of some scenes while heightening the tension of others. One of Mickle and Damici’s smartest moves is to flip the gender of the surviving family figurehead. Instead of losing their father at the start of the movie, it’s the Parker kids’ mother (Kassie Depaiva) who dies in an accident while picking up groceries. That shifts the film’s dynamics to center on teenage sisters Iris (Ambyr Childers) and Rose (Julia Garner), who are expected to continue the woman’s role of preparing the family meal. Staging the most macabre element of the story in scenes that evoke classic American family tradition makes it all the more disturbing. Making the family a part of the community and not the usual isolated weirdos adds an interesting layer. This is particularly so with the girls, whose blond hair and alabaster skin give them an angelic appearance. Childers’ Iris shows the internal struggle of a girl who can picture a normal life, even if she somehow knows that prospect has been bred out of her nature. Garner — memorable in Martha Marcy May Marlene — has a watchful intensity that foreshadows her resourceful behavior when the situation grows more dangerous. <strong>The</strong> film was shot in locations still recovering in the wake of widespread flooding following Hurricane Irene in 2011. Cinematographer Ryan Samul casts a subtle graveyard gloom over the exteriors, bringing muted tones and a malevolent eye even to some gorgeous scenic shots. We Are What We Are sustains not only suspense, but also internal logic. Mickle and his collaborators have taken one of the more lurid horror subgenres, the predatory cannibal movie, and treated it with stylistic restraint, narrative integrity and even moments of gentle lyricism. Directors’ Fortnight Cast Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner Director Jim Mickle 105 minutes Off Camera D4 051813.indd 1 5/10/13 5:24 PM
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