If this movie has taught me anything then it would be the following information about France (or possibly a French speaking area like Quebec): 1) You apparently either become an aggressively homosexual truck driver or go to vet school, 2) Vet school in France is the fucking worst, 3) French woman (especially those from vegetarian families) have the possibility of becoming cannibals. I think I just accidentally summed this movie up too early.
Raw is the story of a girl going away to vet school (which her older sister is also attending) and going through some serious life changes. For instance, she starts off being vegetarian and then, after a hazing ritual has her eat a raw rabbit liver, she begins to crave meat. Normal meat isn't enough though and, after eating her sister's severed finger, she finds she craves human flesh. None of this is as cool as you may think it sounds.
This movie is less of a horror film and more of a slow drama with cannibal elements. It takes a while to get anywhere and when it does the party sucks and you would much rather be back home playing video games. I like the concept of this film. They take it from a very "outside the box" perspective when it comes to having those jagged horror edges. Yet I found myself checking the time left on the film because I really just didn't care about our leading lady's transition from virgin vegetarian girl to deflowered cannibal woman. Dammit! I made this movie sound cool again. It's not. At least not to my American horror senses.
I give Raw 1 severed finger first aid image out of 5:
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