Noé is here to remind us the world is ugly. That'll be ten bucks, please, and would you like some popcorn with your nausea?
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03/07/03
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Irreversible (2003)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:66
Rotten:53
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.
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... [More]
Starring: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Director: Gaspar Noe
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Reviews for Irreversible
Noé gave up money at the box office to achieve his excruciatingly dark vision. Moviegoers are richer for the sacrifice.
04/10/03
A fascinating study in excess, a movie that seduces and repulses as it explores the merciless nature of fate.
04/24/03
Top Critic...not a great film, and not an easy one to watch, but it is an important one, a powerful argument against our old ways of doing business
05/19/03
A sometimes repellent yet deeply moving film.
03/27/03
Top CriticViewers should be warned that Irréversible means what it says: Your experience of this movie can not be forgotten once the die is cast.
03/30/03
The scenes play out in long, uninterrupted takes -- a feat of impressive technical and astonishing acting prowess.
01/07/03
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12/27/07
Noe's summation is an ideological sucker-punch from a filmmaker who gets off on abusive relationships.
03/14/03
Top CriticWhile Noe undoubtedly revels in his audience's revulsion, the fact is Irreversible is a painfully thin, uninvolving story.
06/05/02
It's nearly unendurable, but it's neither insensitive nor immoral. Crucially, this is a film that grieves.
03/12/03
The acting, especially from the feral Cassel and self-possessed Bellucci, is good.
04/18/03
So formally and stylistically aggressive that this aspect overpowers what it has to say, which isn't much.
03/14/03
Top CriticThe reverse chronology makes Irreversible a film that structurally argues against rape and violence, while ordinary chronology would lead us down a seductive narrative path toward a shocking, exploitative payoff.
03/14/03
Top CriticThe hard, lurid images catch you in a vise. But dramatically, with few exceptions, it's a mess.
03/13/03
Top CriticQuando o filme chegou ao fim, confesso que chorei – não pelo que havia acontecido, mas sim em função do que ainda iria acontecer.
08/22/03
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02/24/03
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.
11/21/06
Dolorosa pero obligada, y de factura excelente.
10/20/02
For those who can stomach it, the film is a marvelous -- though brutal -- work of art.
03/06/03
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