Anatomy of Hell (2004)
26 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 9 Rotten:26 Average Rating: 3.6/10
Consensus:
Ponderous, pretentious, and -- considering the subject matter -- dull.
Runtime: 80 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 15, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Over the course of her career as a writer and filmmaker, Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE, FAT GIRL) has never shied away from controversial topics, using both mediums to explore her strong feminist opinions. Joining a generation of similarly taboo-breaking French directors such as Francois... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi
Director: Catherine Breillat
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06/24/06
I'm all for movies that challenge an audience, but when you throw crap at the screen, don't tell me it doesn't stink.
04/30/05
The ultimate lesson being taught isn’t how homosexuality can be transposed to kinky hetero sex games.
01/24/05
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01/15/05
Breillat reduces sexuality to the basest coupling of body parts, and Anatomy of Hell reduces film to freak-show voyeurism.
01/07/05
Vagina dialogue this may be, but it seems much more like a bunch of arse.
11/26/04
One of the most groundbreaking films in recent memory in terms of both the explicitness of its sexuality and its commitment to such an austere intellectual discourse.
11/23/04
The movie strongly suggests that to be gay is to be a misogynist, that all men wish to do violence to women and that being female is the same as being miserable.
11/12/04
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Given that [Breillat's] premise is that all men are guilty and all women are victims in the same manner, the film becomes a ridiculous socio-political rant, not a drama about the complexity of real life.
11/12/04
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A ponderous but very, very explicit exploration of gender roles and fears that frequently seems like a parody of the genre.
11/11/04
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Ultimately less reminiscent of similarly themed efforts like Last Tango in Paris than of an explicit health education training film.
11/04/04
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10/28/04
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Breillat uses this man and woman on a bed (sometimes only he is clothed, and sometimes the two of them are naked) as a way of exploring the meaning of women's bodies from social, political and personal angles, instead of purely sensual ones.
10/20/04
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It offends because it is so empty-headed and seemingly gratuitous in the sludge it offers up.
10/19/04
It might not be a film that can be taken too literally, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be taken seriously.
10/15/04
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