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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 67 | Rotten: 52
Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 17
Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.
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Gaspar Noé's Irreversible utilizes the same storytelling technique used by Christopher Nolan in Memento and Harold Pinter in Betrayal. Consisting of about a dozen scenes, all shot in single takes, Irreversible charts a disturbing night in the life of Marcus (Vincent Cassel), but presents the events in reverse chronological order. The audience eventually learns how the beautiful Alex (Cassel's real-life partner Monica Bellucci) is involved. The film opens with a violent altercation at a gay sex
Jan 1, 2002 Wide
Aug 5, 2003
$0.6M
Mars Films
All Critics (131) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (53) | DVD (17)
Extremely difficult to endure, and if you choose to endure it, it could leave you feeling angry and upset. Nevertheless, this is serious filmmaking, and Noe is a gifted filmmaker.
A fascinating study in excess, a movie that seduces and repulses as it explores the merciless nature of fate.
There is nothing moral about Irreversible -- only sneeringly superior and nihilistic, like Johnny Rotten at his most fatuous.
Fails because of its gratuitous rape and violence and also because of its pretentious and intellectually one-dimensional grounds, which make the violence at the end feel even worse.
A genuine outlaw work of art.
A sometimes repellent yet deeply moving film.
Noé weaves together the off-putting elements into something that sears itself permanently in the memory.
Contains crippling, extended acts of sexual violence and general inhumanity, yet, under the bleeding rawness of it all, was a film of brilliant technical achievement and unrivaled, unrelenting ferocity.
The lurid gimmick of a barking sideshow host.
Noe is a confrontational master, no question.
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.
... film does make one point beautifully: no matter which way a story is told, a bad script cannot be salvaged.
You'll leave the theater wishing the two hours you spent were not so irreversible.
While Noé's vision can seem unrelentingly sadistic and sexist, the film's raw emotion keeps it afloat.
Not a date movie! Its a hardcore french film about revenge and RAPE! Gasper Noe does not pull any punches when making this film about an evening gone wrong.
October 25, 2011
Super Reviewer
Human behaviour portrayed in it's most unpleassent form. Unlike real pointless shock-fests like Baise Moi here is a movie tackling very disturbing material in a far more focused and mature way. The main cast do a magnificent job, Miss Bellucci proofs she has not only the looks but also the skills of a good actress.
March 10, 2007
Super Reviewer
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