Shame

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SIMAS C @simas_eros Oct 21, 2026 An intense, dense, and surprising film about secret and forbidden desires, which reveals the dark and complex side of erotic passion. I went in without really knowing what to expect, and I was completely blown away by the courage it took to make a film like this—by the quality of the actors (especially Fassbender, who became iconic in this role) and by the magnificent direction in its handling of such a sensitive subject. See more

Robert P @Superbad Sep 26, 2026 Shame = a *4* star Movie! See more

KC 1 @RT21601310 Aug 2, 2026 Michael Fassbender delivers a remarkable performance as Brandon, a man trapped in compulsive sexual behaviour. Outwardly successful and composed, he seems emotionally frozen. My interpretation is that he is living with the effects of developmental trauma. Carey Mulligan is equally compelling as his sister, Sissy, whose desperate need for connection contrasts with Brandon’s fear of intimacy. Viewed through the lens of attachment theory, they appear to represent opposite coping strategies: she fears abandonment, while he fears emotional enmeshment. If Sissy embodies love addiction and Brandon sex addiction, both are attempts to regulate unbearable emotional pain or emotional umbness. Shame isn’t really about sex; it’s about loneliness, trauma, shame and the different ways people try to survive wounds they cannot face. See more

Aaron I @Aaronmichael050 Jan 28, 2026 Wonderful, absolutely incredible film. Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan share phenomenal chemistry as the film's two leads for the film's profound, heartbreaking, and ever important takeaway on perhaps sex addiction's biggest victim: family. Portraying brother and sister, I have perhaps never seen two characters demonstrate this so clearly and so profoundly in a motion picture. Production values are incredible, though the film's pacing does start off pretty uneven in the first half, and I did find a few moments that I was asking why this scene or that scene was of any ultimate importance. And that did drag the film down a bit for me at first, but more than makes up by it all building up to a sensational, unforgettable climax in the second half that delivers on its premise. Shame is a fantastic, gritty, and very realistic expectation of the very real dangers of pervasive sex addiction that every legal adult (this IS an NC-17 film for a reason) should watch at least once. See more

Mickey B. @Mickerdoo Jan 24, 2026 Once you sift past the sea of nudity, there’s actually a pretty compelling story of two broken people, unable to seek the help they need. See more

Johannes S @johnny_cecotto_15 Jan 22, 2026 It's a tough, touuugh watch. However, below the many intimate scenes lies a destructive insight into addictions! See more

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