Emilia Pérez

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From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.

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Critics Consensus

Karla Sofía Gascón is Emilia Perez in a swaggering musical crime thriller of genre-bending fascination that is also an unapologetically trans story.

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Zoe Saldaña shines in Emilia Perez, a bizarre musical that’s a heck of a head-scratcher.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Whatever its failings are as a musical, Emilia Perez makes up for it as a tragic melodrama.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 15, 2025

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Jack Hamilton

Slate

Rather than enhancing the film’s narrative, the music functions as a loud and gimmicky distraction from storytelling that can’t be bothered to do even the most basic work of connecting its audience to its setting and characters.

Jan 23, 2025

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

It’s cheesy and loopy and fun to watch but I think its Oscar buzz is a bit over the top.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 17, 2025

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Troy Ribeiro

Free Press Journal (India)

Emilia Pérez is a film that thrives on contradiction— grave yet surreal, profound yet playful. It is both an ambitious work of reinvention and a narrative balancing act that occasionally wobbles under its sheer complexity.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 10, 2025

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Leonardo Garcia Tsao

La Jornada

...the film may seem absurd and implausible, but the strange thing is that it works as a fantasy...[Full review in Spanish]

Mar 5, 2025

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A.S. Hamrah

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The film is a preposterous nightmare of first-world self-regard.

Mar 4, 2025

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Dane K

Beautiful film! The music and message are fantastic. There's a reason this was in my top 5 films of 2024!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Tina C

I had no idea Zoey could sing! I was captivated to the end.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Travis K

This is like if The Rocky Horror Picture Show was in Spanish and go 13 Oscar Nominations! Completely Electric! Three brilliant performances by the three leads. Personally not my favorite of the 10 nominees but I think Emilia Perez definitely deserves the award recognition. I plan on seeing it on the big screen again. I loved the songs, all the choreography was very impressive. Mi Camino might be my personal favorite track. Go in with an open mind!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/25

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j

Not the most exciting movie in the world

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/25

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Thomas A

Some admirable sequences and performances, but yeesh. The terrible script undermines any of the good work. Offensively mashes together very serious political human issues with a kind of bad soap opera plotting that has no idea what it's trying to say, and does a corny job saying even that much. One of the worst films I've seen. Jaw-droppingly bad and also just kinda boring. Given the subject matter it should have been riveting, but the execution felt like a bad tv special.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Rob

Liked…great story and acting… everything was unexpected from the plot twist, singing and dancing …drama, action and music… the appeal is so broad… International hit!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/25

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Synopsis

From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song and dance and bold visuals, this odyssey follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.

Director: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Pascal Caucheteux, Anthony Vaccarello
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Page 114, France 2 Cinéma, Pathé, Why Not Productions, Logical Content Ventures, Les Films du Fleuve, Pimienta Films
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Language|Some Violent Content)
Genre: Musical, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 13, 2024
Runtime: 2h 12m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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