Intimacy (2001)
65 %
Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 44 Rotten:24 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
Acted out with both physical and psychological nakedness by its two leads, Intimacy is an unflinchingly honest look at alienation.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 19, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: A man wakes in mid-afternoon in a grungy London apartment. A woman knocks at the door. He lets her in, to an awkward silence. She touches his face tenderly--almost immediately they have stripped and are making love on a mattress on the floor. It is the first of many intense, real-time, sexually... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Alastair Galbraith, Phillippe Calvario
Director: Patrice Chereau
Screenwriter: Patrice Chereau, Anne-Louise Trividic
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Charles Gassot
Composer: Eric Neveux
Screenwriter: Patrice Chereau, Anne-Louise Trividic
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Charles Gassot
Composer: Eric Neveux
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05/20/08
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06/24/06
Chereau's first English-speaking feature, based on Hanif Kureishi's stories, is a bold, full-frontal (literally) exploration of the mysteries of male and female sexual desire. As such, the audacious film will divide film critics and get NC-17 rating
05/28/06
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12/15/03
It's ironic that a film exploring the mysteries of how people succeed and fail to connect with each other then fails to really connect with its audience.
12/08/02
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11/22/02
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I'm sure Chereau meant this to be a searing portrait of psychic distance, and it certainly is bleak. What it is not, unfortunately, is riveting cinema.
10/21/02
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08/17/02
It's a brave art film only because of its porno sex scenes, but it is not necessarily a perceptive one.
06/25/02
It's a frighteningly realistic look at completely passionless sex, and Fox and Rylance both do a good job of making us uncomfortable as we watch.
05/16/02
There is an interesting story here, but the movie circles it at a distance.
04/26/02
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Rylance and Fox, fine actors, bravely grapple through some astonishingly convincing copulation (did they or didn't they?), and even more bravely struggle with Chereau's unspeakable lines.
04/01/02
For all the sex and vicious psychological game-playing, Chereau's movie is strangely forgettable.
03/22/02
The sexual content diverts attention away from what is some very powerful acting by the film's talented cast.
03/08/02
A film with a few floundering moments that becomes a powerful description of what it means to be intimate.
03/07/02
Its unflinching attitude toward sex is only weakened by the lack of enjoyment that the characters seem to have while actually having sex.
03/05/02
Contains no great revelations, but a lot of outstanding performances.
01/29/02
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excellent movie
by: macalester 1/19/04
by: macalester 1/19/04
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