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.
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11/12/04
Anatomy of Hell (2004)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:4
Rotten:11
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: Ponderous, pretentious, and -- considering the subject matter -- dull.
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... [More]
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Top CriticForget the Anatomy, this is just plain Hell.
11/12/04
Top CriticPlays like porn dubbed by bitter deconstructionist theoreticians.
11/12/04
Top CriticA ponderous but very, very explicit exploration of gender roles and fears that frequently seems like a parody of the genre.
11/11/04
Top CriticUltimately less reminiscent of similarly themed efforts like Last Tango in Paris than of an explicit health education training film.
11/04/04
Top CriticNo one takes the fun out of sex like Catherine Breillat.
11/03/04
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10/28/04
Top CriticBreillat 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
Top CriticBreillat, as usual, leaves us gasping.
10/15/04
Top CriticRanks high on the squirm meter. But, unlike in most of [Breillat's] earlier work, there's no emotional payoff.
10/15/04
Top CriticThe good news: Real-life porn star Siffredi turns out to be a terrific actor. Who knew? The bad news: The scene with the garden implement. The scene with the red cocktail. The scene with … I can't go on.
10/15/04
Top CriticOnce again, [Breillat] gives us a man and a woman engaged in a bruising slugfest hinged to sexual difference.
10/14/04
Top CriticIn her latest feature, sexual provocatrix Catherine Breillat turns a philosophical speculum on gender relations to perverse (and perversely elegant) effect.
10/12/04
Top CriticA mere parade of shock images meant to free us from our bourgeois illusions -- and since narrative engagement appears to be one of those sins, it's impossible to find a foothold.
10/01/04
Top CriticIn her clinical yet stately manner Breillat is largely -- though not wholly -- successful.
09/24/04
Top CriticBreillat is militantly in favor of personal and intellectual freedom -- and that aspect of her mission as an artist is laudable. But it's the way she expresses it on film that lends itself to giggles and guffaws.
09/21/04
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