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Irreversible (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 118 Fresh: 66  Rotten:52 Average Rating: 5.7/10
 
Consensus: Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 7, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $573,018

Synopsis: Irreversible is a demanding and audacious but thoroughly rewarding cinematic experience that has been thrilling audiences since its world premiere in Cannes and its North American debut screenings at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals earlier this year. The film will be released by... Irreversible is a demanding and audacious but thoroughly rewarding cinematic experience that has been thrilling audiences since its world premiere in Cannes and its North American debut screenings at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals earlier this year. The film will be released by Lions Gate Films on March 7, 2003. Even for a director that has been known to invite controversy in films such as Sodomites (1998), Seul contre tous (I Stand Alone) (1998), and Carne (1991), Noé’s Irreversible can still be considered the ultimate in bravura filmmaking. An emotional odyssey that unspools in reverse from gut-wrenching violence to sweetly observed moments of sublime tenderness, the film stars Monica Bellucci and real-life husband Vincent Cassel as a couple whose story is told over the course of a fateful evening in a series of long takes. The film features two unsettling and graphic scenes of violence and sexuality that are difficult to watch. However, these grim sights are nestled within a carefully constructed -- although unconventional -- narrative which serves as a counterpoint to moments of striking tenderness, and the film is in some ways a study of darkness and light. -- © Lions Gate Films [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia

Director: Gaspar Noe
Screenwriter: Gaspar Noe
Producer: Christophe Rossignon
Composer: Thomas Bangaltar

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Gaspar Noe - Director
  • 2. Director & Crew
  • Trailer
  • Featurette - 1. Making of the Special Effects
  • Deleted Scenes

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12/07/07
Keith H. Brown
Eye for Film
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5/5

Noe is a confrontational master, no question.

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09/24/07
Rob Gonsalves
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12/30/06
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Me? I'm going to go watch "The Brady Bunch" to wash these images out of mind. And, I'm going to withstand the fury of those who decide I'm a squeamish wimp.

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11/21/06
Jules Brenner
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07/21/05
Houston Chronicle
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... film does make one point beautifully: no matter which way a story is told, a bad script cannot be salvaged.

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10/11/04
S. James Wegg
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You'll leave the theater wishing the two hours you spent were not so irreversible.

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08/13/04
Mark Sells
Oregon Herald
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05/19/04
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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While Noé's vision can seem unrelentingly sadistic and sexist, the film's raw emotion keeps it afloat.

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03/08/04
Josh Gilchrist
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Audacious it may be, Irreversible carries so little meaning, it plays like a self indulgent experiment, with barely a decent line of dialogue or anything discernible to say.

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02/24/04
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Es difícil recordar otra experiencia tan perturbadora, en la que los recursos de lenguaje colocan al espectador en un estado sensorial difícil de explicar con palabras.

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01/25/04
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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the film should be of particular interest to those of you skilled at repressing emotions

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12/30/03
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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12/15/03
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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Despite the gut-wrenching gimmickry (and Monica Belluci hanging out in her birthday suit), Irreversible is almost Irredeemable

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11/16/03
Brian Mckay
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