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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Nov 23, 2005
Pros: Great cast, fabulous camera work.
Cons: Probably too intense for a lot of people.
Summary: "Time destroys everything".--Philippe Nahon, Irreversible I first discovered the work of French filmmaker Gaspar Noe after reading about his film I Stand Alone. This bleak, violent, and depressing picture about a down-on-his-luck ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 8, 2009
Pros: Dark story . Peformances
Cons: Too violent, Not suitable for under 18 .
Summary: Irreversible- directed by Gaspar Noe, starring Monica Belucci is one of the most disturbing films you would come accross. The title speaks a lot about the film, one can’t reverse what has happened in life. Fate is inevitable and is something that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 2, 2009
Pros: Monica Bellucci and cast, score, reverse narrative, tone.
Cons: Extremely disturbing at times.
Summary: Go on a forum and find a thread entitled “most disturbing films you’ve ever seen” and you’re likely to find Gaspar Noé’s 2002 Irreversible mentioned several times. The controversy surrounding it, and more ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 19, 2008
Pros: Outstanding technique and performances
Cons: Brutal violence
Summary: To reveal any details about the plot would significantly alter the experience, however, it explores the tragic consequences of revenge and retaliation. It depicts rape and violence in unnerving detail. The film is: 97 minutes long ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 21, 2008
Pros: acting, directing, music, plot, script
Cons: nothing
Summary: Did you know that when movies are made in other countries, the characters don't speak English? It's shocking but true. This movie, being made with French actors, is NOT in English, but instead is in another language (specifically French). I have a point. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2006
Pros: Shocking, original, thought-provoking
Cons: 10 minute sodomy scene-Anyone?
Summary: Irreversible is a very clever and and thought-provoking film with clearly every aspect of the film cleverly utilised to convey the director's message and opinions quite clearly. The title screen has a rather bizzare theme song, the music was specially ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 16, 2006
Pros: Well scripted, well acted.
Cons: Portions of the film are very dark.
Summary: Irreversible first came to my attention while reading the review for another movie. Now I have long been a fan of the beautiful, talented, and under-rated Italian actress Monica Bellucci, and I have seen most of her most noteworthy body of work, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2006
Pros: Story, style, acting. Everything, really.
Cons: None.
Summary: Many films that I end up seeing and loving, I found out about long before I ever actually saw them. This is one of these movies. I had heard about it quite a lot, and how intense it was, and I figured, if it upset some people it's my kind of movie. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 14, 2005
Pros: Once you figure the film out, there is nothing else to say.
Cons: It is all about where you are standing in relation to the situation.
Summary: Changing the sequence of events will change a person’s perspective of those same events. Have you ever felt like your perspective is skewed? Realizing at some point that it is all about where a person is standing in relation to a situation? ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 2005
Pros: A gripping, visceral film experience.
Cons: In places, almost unwatchable.
Summary: I should start this review by admitting that my knowledge of French cinema is not extensive. I've watched and enjoyed Patrice Leconte's L'Homme Du Train, and the sequence of Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 5, 2005
Pros: interesting themes
Cons: emphasis on gratuitous violence rather than on supporting the theme
Summary: Ah, the French. What we, Americans, think we know about these people could use an update - or two, or six, or fifty. They helped us win independence, but only to smite the British. They gave us the Statue of Liberty, but liberty itself was something ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 18, 2005
Pros: Excellent portrayal of unstoppable human emotion.
Cons: Graphic violence
Summary: I rarely get a chance to write a film review due to what I perceive as the complexity of the task. My usual music reviews are done on a musical and lyrical level, whereas with films we remove the lyrical, replace it with the dialogue and add menu ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2004
Pros: The whole story is mesmerizing to watch. Movie stays with you afterwards.
Cons: It is disturbing and grotesque in the beginning. HAve a strong stomach!
Summary: The movie takes it's trick from Memento, a good movie that used it's reverse timeline as more visual trickery than as an integrated plotline. Here, Gaspar Noe does a better job and the movie Irrevisible would not work nearly as well if it moved ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 22, 2004
Pros: Brutal violence, great characters, evokes ton of emotions in viewer
Cons: camera work sometimes worse than anything in blair witch, peaks a good five minutes in.
Summary: "Time destroys everything..." God in heaven, is it true... I've always had a thing for movies that made you feel. Any film that can make you forget you're watching a movie is a good one in my book, and this film does it incredibly well. (quick note; ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 13, 2004
Pros: Monica Belucci, a ”must-shock” rape scene, the intensity, the storytelling, camera
Cons: Difficult to endure; the second half is somewhat poor and a bit cliché
Summary: Ever been intrigued by sodomy? If you’re already doing it with the significant other (or the insignificant many), it’s OK – keep doing it. But if you’re toying with the idea of anal penetration, and your girlfriend giggles but gently ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2004
Pros: Packs a punch.
Cons: Can be too gruesome for some people.
Summary: This movie created quite a buzz when it was shown at Cannes. It was reported that some viewers walked out shortly after it began. And for good reason too. The first half of this movie is not easy to stomach. Taking a leaf out of the movie Momento, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2004
Pros: A searing performance by Monica Bellucci.
Cons: Overdone visuals and two extremely disturbing scenes.
Summary: Hard to believe I haven't written a review since October. Hmmm... To say I've been busy would be an understatement but I'm glad I finally have found some time to sit down and watch something new. Once again, I really need to stay away from Best ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2003
Pros: Shocking, original, touching, disturbing, haunting, confusing, so many words for this.
Cons: Maybe to disturbing for most, very strange.
Summary: Walked into the rental store last night. Then I saw this, there was a message on the box saying: "The French answer to Memento". I took the dvd home, hoping for a backwards told mistery thriller... When I turned on my dvd -sitting on the couch with a b ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 2, 2003
Pros: Bellucci; trippy visuals; extremely provocative
Cons: A to B story; poor final half.
Summary: Maybe it's something the Wachowski's put in the water. It might be a conscious effort to move away from mainstream cinema. Hell, it's quite likely that working with Keanu Reeves has left them craving for a little stimulation. You can't rule out pure ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 13, 2003
Pros: A tour de force of directorial chutzpah and acting bravado from all principals
Cons: Extremely graphic and often repelling; a deeply cynical film
Summary: "Time destroys all things," a not particularly flattering nude old man states at the beginning (Or is it the end of the beginning? Or the beginning of the end? etc.) of Gaspar Noe's new film IRREVERSIBLE, a sentiment reprised at film's "bittersweet" ... read more
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