In these horrible uncertain and frightening times, the need for some light relief has never been greater and they don’t come much better than Fabrice Eboué’s cannibal comedy, Some Like it Rare. Co-written by Eboué and Vincent Solignac, Some Like it Rare pits a pair of butchers against their town’s vegan population in an attempt to save their shop.
Sophie (Marina FoÏs) and Vincent Pascal (played by Eboué) are a married couple whose relationship has lost its spark. Whilst Vincent is content to spend his life living the same mundane routine of work, Sophie dreams of a better, more interesting existence. Sophie gets her wish when Vincent accidentally runs over a vegan cyclist. After a comedy of errors sees one of their regular customers eat some of the corpse, the overwhelming reception puts the pair on a mission to acquire more.
It’s a ludicrously absurd and farcical plot, but one that is a lot of fun to see unfold, watching Vincent and Sophie stumble through their plan to save their flailing business. Not content with any old meat for their shop counter, the pair target only those that fit a strict list of requirements. First they have to be vegan, their plant-based diet not too dissimilar to the livestock they usually shop from. Secondly, they have to be obnoxiously opinionated vegans, the kind that like to make their disdain for meat-eaters abundantly clear. If both of these criteria are met then, in Sophie and Vincent’s eyes, they are fair game and the ideal candidate for a fresh batch of “Iranian Pork”.
To ensure that they are catching the right people, the couple have no choice but to infiltrate the local vegan community. They literally become wolves in sheep’s clothing as they sniff out their next meal ticket. The dramatic irony is rife during these exchanges and will have the audience chuckling and guffawing. Once a victim has been selected ,the comedy is ramped further, the set-ups getting sillier, eventually morphing into a wonderful montage accompanied by the rather catchy ‘I’m a Gansta’. A highlight is one particular sequence which intercuts Vincent hunting his prey with nature documentary footage.
In Some Like it Rare, Eboué may have unintentionally created a horror film to keep vegans up at night. Positioning people like themselves as a viable and sustainable source of meat is a terrifying prospect and one that will haunt some that watch it. There are important arguments and messages to take from the project, they’re a little hidden by the funny presentation, but offer plenty for audiences to chew on. A horror for herbivores, Some Like it Rare is a beautifully seasoned melting pot of warring morals and ideas about the meat industry, one that never takes itself too seriously. Light and playful from start to end, Some Like it Rare is exactly the right kind of seriously silly that we all need right now.
Some Like it Rare
Kat Hughes
Summary
Some Like it Rare is a perfectly seasoned black comedy, attacking attitudes to meat that will have you begging for more.
Some Like it Rare was reviewed at FrightFest Glasgow 2002. Signature Entertainment present Some Like It Rare on Digital Platforms 21st March.
Kat Hughes is a UK born film critic and interviewer who has a passion for horror films. An editor for THN, Kat is also a Rotten Tomatoes Approved Critic. She has bylines with Ghouls Magazine, Arrow Video, Film Stories, Certified Forgotten and FILMHOUNDS and has had essays published in home entertainment releases by Vinegar Syndrome and Second Sight. When not writing about horror, Kat hosts micro podcast Movies with Mummy along with her five-year-old daughter.
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