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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
Cinematically, there's a fine line between using graphic content to prove a point and using so much graphic material that the film becomes exploitative. It's a line Irreversible repeatedly crosses.
04/04/03
It is a film that raises issues along with blood pressure, and for that it cannot be dismissed.
04/04/03
Only for those with strong stomachs and an appetite for seriously subversive fare.
04/01/03
Viewers 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
No star or number rating can convey the experience of this movie, so disregard them. Read what critics are saying and take the warnings seriously. Disturbing, shocking, sad, brutal...and impossible to forget. Many will hate it, as well they should.
03/29/03
Intermixed in the memories it leaves of horror and disgust are glimpses of impressive technique and savvy psychological insight.
03/28/03
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03/28/03
A sometimes repellent yet deeply moving film.
03/27/03
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03/25/03
There's less to Irreversible than meets even the most unblinking of eyes.
03/21/03
Top CriticI hope people who go to see this don't walk out in the first ten minutes or after that scene, because I think you have to experience the entire film. And then you can decide whether or not you're offended by it.
03/18/03
Top CriticNoe's attitude is so arrogant -- you can see it in his director's title card -- that you feel he thinks he's doing something profound.
03/17/03
Since I was one who fled (and at my screening the rate was closer to 60 percent), this is a non-review, but I feel a responsibility to warn readers about this film.
03/16/03
It should not be dismissed as cheap gimmickry or a shock tactic.
03/15/03
At once overwhelming and inconsequential, harrowing and banal, gimmicky and humourless, overheated and undercooked, this mega-hyped French movie may represent the ultimate triumph of cynicism in the global trade in non-English-language movies.
03/14/03
Top CriticIt's shock for shock's sake, and Noé seems to enjoy rubbing our noses in it.
03/14/03
Is there a point to this spew, a cry against the mongrel violence of men? Or is Noe merely a sadist who enjoys inflicting ugly, pitiless images on his audience?
03/14/03
Top CriticExcruciating exercise in voyeurism, provocation and pretentiousness.
03/14/03
It is easy to argue that Irreversible is homophobic, and mysogynistic, and more, making it as dangerous as the people it depicts. In the final analysis, that is how I personally feel about it.
03/14/03
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