Bent Reviews
January 21, 2019
It's easy to see why playwright Martin Sherman's 1979 Bent was such a groundbreaking theatrical achievement and almost as easy to understand why the 1997 film adaptation failed to gain the same traction.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
September 7, 2011
Full Review
| Original Score: C+
March 9, 2008
Original Score: 4/5
April 18, 2006
The screen version of Sherman's play about homosexuals in Nazi Germany shows that tyro director Mathias doesn't know much about film for his erratic approach and inconsistent style bring out the play's weaknesses, though the acting is good.
Original Score: C+
December 6, 2005
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/5
June 29, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
June 4, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
April 24, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
August 19, 2003
brave, brilliantly effective movie which has the added bonus of a crinkled Mick Jagger singing in drag while swinging from a ceiling.
February 3, 2003
Tired of gay rights movies and Holocaust flicks? This is both, but it still enthralls.
Original Score: 4/5
August 30, 2002
Stylized yet substantive drama about the plight of homosexuals in the Holocaust.
July 30, 2002
Original Score: 3/5
April 12, 2002
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
October 16, 2001
Original Score: 3/5
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
January 1, 2000
The material is not worthy of its setting.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2/4
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/5
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 81/100
January 1, 2000
Full Review
| Original Score: 6/10
January 1, 2000
Remains more a theatrical work than a cinematic one--but its dramatic story, powerful theme and historical importance are undeniable.