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    Irréversible

    2003 · Mystery · 1h 34m

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  1. Irréversible Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. D.M. Palmer Vague Visages. As Irréversible works its way back to the beginning, the frame stabilises. But...

    • Irreversible

      59% Tomatometer 126 Reviews 80% Audience Score 25,000+...

  2. 59% Tomatometer 126 Reviews 80% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings A woman's lover and her former boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Read More Read...

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    • Monica Bellucci
    • Gaspar Noé
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  3. Mar 14, 2003 · "Irreversible" is a movie so violent and cruel that most people will find it unwatchable. The camera looks on unflinchingly as a woman is raped and beaten for several long, unrelenting minutes, and as a man has his face pounded in with a fire extinguisher, in an attack that continues until after he is apparently dead.

    • A Story Told in Reverse
    • Where’s Alex? The Straight Cut Reveals All
    • The Verdict

    Irreversible is nearly a completely different film when watched in sequential order. The biggest difference between the two viewing experiences of Irreversible is, unsurprisingly, the way in which we meet Alex. This switch in the order we witness the events unfold radically changes the ways in which we understand the story. At the beginning of the ...

    Alternatively, the straight cut begins with Alex in the park. Unlike the madness of the original director’s cut, we can linger on these moments with her and be present. She now centers everything we experience afterward. The brief moments with her alone appear to last longer than before and, strangely enough, we seem to be given more insight on her...

    When viewed chronologically, the film’s concern with criticizing masculine violence is much more obvious. What first seems like a revenge film is quickly unraveled. Even Pierre, the supposed foil to Marcus’ more overtly violent and hypersexual tendencies, succumbs to this rage. Despite being our “nice guy” figure, it is no coincidence that he is th...

  4. The film holds an approval rating of 59% based on 126 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critics' consensus states: "Though well-filmed, Irréversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence."

  5. Mar 7, 2023 · Rape-revenge movies like “Irreversible” show that there can be more to the depiction of gendered violence than the easy thrill of looking at brutalized female bodies.

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  7. Feb 10, 2023 · Irreversible: Straight Cut. One night. An unforgivable act. A tale told in reverse. Acclaimed filmmaker Gaspar Noé's unflinching exploration of human savagery and the uncompromising nature of ...

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