Teeth gnawing on raw meat, mouths sucking fresh blood, and tender kisses that quickly turn into vicious bites: these images of carnage punctuate the beautifully shot scenes found throughout the film... Love is painful in Raw, bloody and even deadly—but above all it is worthwhile. Raw pulls its shock value from clashes within deftly realized relationships, but when compared to other models of "extreme" cinema, the biggest surprise of all is its tenderness.
Margaret Barton-Fumo
March 3, 2017