The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

Running the gamut from social comedy to actioner to war movie, Clash is an original, often quite disturbing experience to watch.

Screen Daily by Lee Marshall

While the stand-off does have its scripted moments, Clash rises above this for two reasons. Firstly, it’s intensely cinematic.... Secondly, underlying the drama is a rather poignant lament for the unity and energy of Egyptian culture, something which comes through in a wealth of small details.

Total Film by Philip Kemp

The sense of angry desperation overwhelms.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

The movie stunningly replicates that sense of inside and outside that must be felt by witnesses to any historic moment: the private debate, the enclosed conflict, and the theatre of confrontation unfolding beyond. What a dynamic piece of cinema.

CineVue by Matthew Anderson

Taking place over the course of a little less than 24 hours, it is day-in-the-life cinema at its most pertinent.

Time Out London by Trevor Johnston

The story is fictional, yet it builds up a chastening picture of divisive separate political and religious agendas holding sway over common humanity, and leading the country deeper into chaos. A striking, tough-minded achievement.

Empire

This Cannes favourite regards Egypt’s recent political uprisings from a fascinating new angle. A minor masterpiece of claustrophobia and expertly managed tension.

Variety by Jay Weissberg

Boasting superb camerawork from d.p. Ahmed Gabr and stellar crowd direction, Clash might strike some as crossing too often into hysteria, yet this is bravura filmmaking with a kick-in-the-gut message about chaos and cruelty (with some humanity).

Screen International by Lee Marshall

While the stand-off does have its scripted moments, Clash rises above this for two reasons. Firstly, it’s intensely cinematic.... Secondly, underlying the drama is a rather poignant lament for the unity and energy of Egyptian culture, something which comes through in a wealth of small details.

The Guardian by Benjamin Lee

This is a ferociously well-made film right through to the bitter end.

Empire by Jimi Famurewa

This Cannes favourite regards Egypt’s recent political uprisings from a fascinating new angle. A minor masterpiece of claustrophobia and expertly managed tension.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Crust

The filmmakers cultivate a dynamic portrait of Egypt, with its dense social, political and religious layers.

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

Clash turns into a full-fledged horror movie, albeit one without the fake comfort of a supernatural or science-fiction pretext. It’s just man’s inhumanity to man, in full sway.