Irreversible
Irreversible
R | 07 March 2003 (USA)
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A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.

Reviews
SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
simon-psykolog The story is told in reverse....This is not just some artistic pseudo aspiration but something that makes a very interesting difference. Because of the reverse order you already know some of the consequences for what is going on. So instead of trying to figure out what will happen you wonder about what has already happened. I found that refreshing - it gave me a feeling of watching it more intensely.The violence and sexual aberration brakes every filmic scale....Was it necessary to depict the horror that can be involved with sexuality in such an extreme way...? How to judge this? I have always thought that showing scenes with intense violent content could be done very effectively in a subtle manner if you have to do with a very skillful director. But not this time. The part of the story that takes place in the nightclub "Rectum" is absolutely brilliant. The dominant red colour that blends with the shadows and erases every idiosyncratic feature of the faces and only lets the lust and perversion shine through building up to a repulsive climax. It´s like taking the trip down to the perverted Freudian "id" where no morality or known norms seems to exist. The super-ego has been cleaved. Scary and strangely fascination at the same time.Then the rape scene.... Was it to be endured because there was actually something new about the dangerous mix of sexlust and aggression that could be learned? Or was it just a director who wanted to provoke? I had to mute the sound and go further away from the screen in order to see it. If you have the slightest experience with somebody who got too "close" to you at a certain time in your life don´t watch this scene...! Don´t!The first half part of the story....Here the atmosphere is permeated with joy, harmony and humour with the couple, that later will go through the living hell, teasing each other. These scenes delivers a sense of tragedy as they are watched with negative sign.I wish I could rate this movie on another scale than good/bad. I am not through thinking about it and still watches different scenes.Regards Simon
fjk1138-731-161881 I don't know what I hate more about this move - the horridly nauseating camera work, the subject matter itself, or that it's just an incoherent mess. How a beautiful woman like Monica Bellucci was ever involved in this travesty is beyond me, but sure there are (and were) far better roles for her. The rape scene is brutal and really unpleasant to watch, as probably was expected. The backwards story plot works better in Memento and that was a better film on many levels. I saw it for free and, after seeing it, I feel like they should have paid me to watch it.
jubsdu After watching it, I asked myself why I watched it. Because it was full of mental torture with my favorite actress Monica Belucci to be raped and beaten ,even before the movie started. It challenges my viewership thoughts on movies. It distorts my ego of watching good entertaining movies all the time. If you watch this movie , you will know why Monica is considered a great actress from Europe. Graphic violence was the most challenging thing to keep eyes on the movie. Once you have finished watching, you will know the philosophy behind life and time- where one simple luck-denying incident can break all the fortunes into pieces. The movie has nothing about 'art' or 'entertainment'. But, it will give you a new sense of watching movies.
Smoreni Zmaj I rated it low, but still I return to watching it from time to time. I don't know why... Idea is interesting, construction is weird, I do not like it at all, and still it seems I can't get it out of my head...5/10....................................