Overview
A butcher's shop hides dark secrets behind its charming facade, where love and meat intertwine in unexpected ways.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- macabre
- irreverent
- dark comedy night
- horror comedy marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film entertaining, slyly funny, and enjoyably committed to grotesque bad taste, while noting that its social commentary is lightweight and eventually loses momentum.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The butcher protagonists turn human flesh and cannibalism into deliberately shocking comic material.
Vincent and Sophie's nearly thirty-year marriage is emotionally stagnant, hostile, and central to the plot's escalation.
The butcher shop and vegan opposition frame the film's darkly comic conflict over carnivorous culture and animal ethics.
Meat counters, sausages, cutting, and cannibalistic consumption transform an everyday butcher environment into grotesque spectacle.
Films like Some Like It Rare, and why
Delicatessen
darkly comic treatment of taboo consumption, grotesque humor, and social satire
The Trouble with Harry
French black comedy blending domestic dysfunction, eccentric characters, and macabre absurdity
Eating Raoul
provocative horror comedy using cannibalism, bodily disgust, and irreverent humor
Serial Mom
stylized dark humor, marital conflict, and escalating criminal absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Fabrice Eboué
- Release Date
- 2021-09-10
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (541)
Cast
- Fabrice Eboué
- Marina Foïs
- Virginie Hocq
- Jean-François Cayrey
- Lisa Do Couto Texeira
- Victor Meutelet
- Stéphane Soo Mongo
- Nicolas Lumbreras
- Alexia Chardard
- Franck Migeon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Screambox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Some Like It Rare about?
- A struggling butcher and his alienated wife find an outrageous new appetite that turns marital frustration into cannibalistic dark comedy.
- What is Some Like It Rare like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Some Like It Rare as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Some Like It Rare violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Some Like It Rare as graphic.
- What did critics think of Some Like It Rare?
- Critics broadly found the film entertaining, slyly funny, and enjoyably committed to grotesque bad taste, while noting that its social commentary is lightweight and eventually loses momentum.
- Which films are like Some Like It Rare?
- Films with a similar feel include Delicatessen, The Trouble with Harry, Eating Raoul, and Serial Mom.
- How long is Some Like It Rare?
- Some Like It Rare runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Some Like It Rare?
- In United States, Some Like It Rare streams on Amazon Prime Video, Screambox Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
