Flux Gourmet

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Flux Gourmet

Released Jun 24, 2022

1h 51m

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A sonic collective who can't decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute's head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute's 'dossierge' has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective's activities. Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr. Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective's plans to use his condition for their art whilst Jan Stevens goes to war with Elle over creative differences.

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Critics Consensus

Flux Gourmet isn't for all tastes, but viewers attuned to writer-director Peter Strickland's unique wavelength will find this horror-laced satire a savory delight.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Strickland devotees will find plenty to chew on as the film makes its strange path through the digestive canals of their twisted imaginations.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 2, 2022

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

The writing is sharp, the lines are memorable and Christie’s turn is divine. Yet, in the end, for all its concern with the primal forces of food, sex and death, this is a slight film...

Rated: 3/5

Sep 30, 2022

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

None more queasy. None more strange. None more alienating. None more off-beige.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 30, 2022

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Kyle Logan

Castle of Chills

With Flux Gourmet [Peter Strickland] continues his streak of strange, unsettling but undeniably alluring films set in worlds unlike anything else.

Jul 11, 2024

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

It’s a weird cross between Gaspar Noé’s Climax, Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and maybe even a little bit of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 20, 2023

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Feels more like an amuse bouche than a full meal, while at the same time all proving a bit too much.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 1, 2023

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Jeffrey P

A very complex film to review, Flux Gourmet is very avante garde with intense revolting subject matter, and it repeatedly disengages the audience by switching languages. Given that, I was left waiting for the horror aspect to kick-in. Unfortunately, the horror never really takes hold beyond the atmosphere and tone, nothing really happens but flatulence and a buncha weird crap.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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Nic F

This was my first Strickland movie, and I must say it stayed with me for several days and I did enjoy it. I felt like he borrows from several styles – large slivers of Peter Greenaway 90's arthouse movies, and Wes Anderson framing shots of buildings and scenes, lots of early 90's Almodovar shock and glamour, and sometimes humour. I thought it had a good set of points to make about the creative community and what clashing egos and power dynamics can do to evolve (or devolve depending on how you view it) art. I felt like a few points got made several times over though. Very well acted and interesting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Vince C

Pretty enjoyable, although, as often with Strickland, the ending circling with the beginning is confusing. In this instance [spoiler alert], we assume they are eating Elle, but then she appears in the audience. I'd have preferred it without. I've only watched it once. Maybe a second viewing will make more sense. And Strickland doesn't want it to be a comedy (I must rewatch Tampopo), but I'm not sure what it would be without comic reception.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

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Alec B

Perhaps the movie goes too far with its provocations (only then to pull the rug out from underneath the audience) however it is hard to deny how well Strickland and the actors capture exactly the right tone here. All of the characters take themselves so seriously while saying completely ridiculous things which is much funnier than if everyone was winking at the audience.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Diana S

Weird but good. Great characters and some good laughs. Also proves that a story can contain a lot of sex that's thematically relevant without the viewer being forced to actually watch it take place in graphic detail.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/19/23

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David F

I fully expect this film to get a lot of bad reviews. I expect that the filmmakers knew it would get a lot of bad reviews. That's what makes it so amazing…. They just didn't give a f*#&. This film was irreverent, funny, thoughtful, and badass. It's art without a filter and I love it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/28/23

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Synopsis

A sonic collective who can't decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute's head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute's 'dossierge' has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective's activities. Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr. Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective's plans to use his condition for their art whilst Jan Stevens goes to war with Elle over creative differences.

Director: Peter Strickland
Producer: Serena Armitage, Pietro Greppi
Screenwriter: Peter Strickland
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: Red Breast Productions, Bankside Films, IFC Films, Metrol Technology, Doco Digital, Head Gear Films, Lunapark Pictures
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 24, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.1K
Runtime: 1h 51m

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