Freeze Me
Media Blasters | Release Date: June 14, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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70
Chicago ReaderTed Shen
All this could've collapsed into empty shocks if not for Inoue's gripping performance as an exasperated single woman who senses her happiness slipping away with each vengeful blow. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Ishii's rough-hewn film may be the nastiest entry in its dubious but resonant subgenre since "I Spit on Your Grave." It's a black pearl for anyone who likes a little existential psychosis with their semi-softcore exploitation. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
With this perceptive, however bloody, film, Ishii makes it disturbingly clear that a culturally instilled sense of shame and fear of being shunned mean that women like Chihiro are doubly victimized, both by their attackers and the society that should protect them. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The violent scenes veer vertiginously between slapstick, soft-core pornography and raw documentary, leaving you repelled and confused, as well as fascinated. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
The whole movie plays like an improbable blend of "Repulsion," "High Noon" and the archetypal low-budget rape/revenge shocker "I Spit on Your Grave." Queasy audiences beware, but midnight-movie bookers take note. Read full review
60
Film ThreatPhil Hall
With a stronger actress who could have been in greater command of the character, Freeze Me would have been a cold-hearted masterpiece rather than the okay thriller it turned out. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Comfortable with the inherent contradictions, Ishii throws all sexual politics to the wind in his highly stylized, fearlessly gratuitous fantasy, an unsettling mix of titillation, morality, victimization, and empowerment. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Ishii instills this unpleasantness with some Hitchcockian black humor. Read full review
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