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RumfoordMay 6, 2015

The amount of sinister energy that Noe is able to portray in his films is astonishing. Irreversible appears deeper in meaning than most others seem to be taking it for. Although this film is disturbing, it is very realistic in its depictionThe amount of sinister energy that Noe is able to portray in his films is astonishing. Irreversible appears deeper in meaning than most others seem to be taking it for. Although this film is disturbing, it is very realistic in its depiction of life's most negative and undesirable moments. I enjoyed this one, though I felt more shell shock and paralysis upon finishing Noe's other film, Enter the Void.… Expand

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SEROJSep 5, 2018

A complete disaster! This movie was horrible on pretty much every aspect possible! The idea, the story, the directing and the cinematography was not original at all. This movie was disturbing, annoying, disgusting and failed to deliver theA complete disaster! This movie was horrible on pretty much every aspect possible! The idea, the story, the directing and the cinematography was not original at all. This movie was disturbing, annoying, disgusting and failed to deliver the message it wanted to.… Expand

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migaspintoAug 5, 2015

This masterpiece isn't no also my top favourite films. It's a work of art. Because of the dirtiness is also beauty. And because the last scene of the film is the greatest ever made. And because Gaspar Noe is a genius. This film isn't onlyThis masterpiece isn't no also my top favourite films. It's a work of art. Because of the dirtiness is also beauty. And because the last scene of the film is the greatest ever made. And because Gaspar Noe is a genius. This film isn't only brutallity, it's also originallity, beauty, it's a reflection, and a conclusion that we cannot escape the time. Because: Le Temps Detruit Tout.… Expand

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citizen_shmikeMar 4, 2015

Not really surprised that people would rather turn their heads, or focus on the wrong things (like the movie being French?) than actually taking a look at whats being presented here. The comparisons to Momento are wrong -- Momento actuallyNot really surprised that people would rather turn their heads, or focus on the wrong things (like the movie being French?) than actually taking a look at whats being presented here. The comparisons to Momento are wrong -- Momento actually gets WORSE the more you watch it, here there are enoughsmall details to make a second watching rewarding (like Alex's posters, her comments on dreams, the meaning of the tunnel). The violence is brutal and disturbing, which is how violence SHOULD be film-- no Hollywood glorification of violence and revenge, like Kill Bill, which makes our bodies more like cartoons.This movie is alive and real, the late night car ride being a picture-perfect representation of how it feels to be drunk in a crowded city. the camera work in almost every scene is superb.… Expand

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PolybiusOct 8, 2010

It fails to provide any moral massage. It tries hard to create a "revenge flick", but only offends and shocks the viewer. It proves that any movie can become a cult classic; they just need to be shocking, have a shaky camerawork, and be french.

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usherd369Mar 31, 2014

A thesis that remains snappy as his filmography grows, Irreversible is seemingly an intentional film on the atrocities the human race can make and do to one another. Its ordering is its strongest point as it gives an entirely different viewerA thesis that remains snappy as his filmography grows, Irreversible is seemingly an intentional film on the atrocities the human race can make and do to one another. Its ordering is its strongest point as it gives an entirely different viewer response. Your jaw will plummet to the floor at the turn of the end credits.… Expand

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mcfryOct 11, 2015

I admit that I was set to laugh out loud - what an undeserved metascore of 51! Interesting, as the film deserves a strong recommendation, without doubt. Shocking and violent, there is a consequence in it that reveals the drama to be ofI admit that I was set to laugh out loud - what an undeserved metascore of 51! Interesting, as the film deserves a strong recommendation, without doubt. Shocking and violent, there is a consequence in it that reveals the drama to be of relevance for humanity. Being hard to watch is no measure of quality - neither in the good nor in the bad sense. I want to encourage people to watch it, and cringe. In the end, there will be relief - and the void afterwards gets filled with emotional (and moral) catharsis. ... Prudes may replace the woman with a discriminated group or some such, if that helps.… Expand

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annbdSep 6, 2018

This pathetic piece of **** terrible at every point,that almost made me vomit, has 8.0 user score. MOVIE FOR PSYCHOPATHS. I can't even imagine how crazy and mentally ill a person has to be, to like this horrible 180 minutesThis pathetic piece of **** terrible at every point,that almost made me vomit, has 8.0 user score. MOVIE FOR PSYCHOPATHS. I can't even imagine how crazy and mentally ill a person has to be, to like this horrible 180 minutes teen-trying-to-make-movie video, not even deserving movie description. This movie don't have anything, ANYTHING, witch I can hang on and say good things. I have never seen something so bad in the film industry, something so disturbing and bad made, without any taste. And also haven't seen so nasty cinematography. At least to have a nice idea and a little "build" of this idea. "Time can take away everything" - yeah, say one philosophical quote in a movie, show a little tragic situation that happens to many people, relevant to more tragic and extreme quotes, and then remove your hands and make nothing more, because this will be 90 minutes, enough to be called movie. F***, this crap is offensive. I mean, I'm not that stupid to like it. A 10 years old will make better movie. The most deserved 0/10 from me for now and I believe ever.… Expand

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islandDec 9, 2011

Didn't really understand the whole story. The film is totally confused and it wants to say more than it should. An art-movie won't be a great film if they use shaky cameras but if they give some moral message. It fails this.

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FilmVirtueMay 26, 2014

A work of art for people who can get past the extreme sadistic violence, which for most is very hard to get past considering the films brutal tale; broken down, is very disturbing.

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mahdimeshkateeNov 28, 2019

extremely disturbing, with a great start to middle execution, but the last part of the movie makes you confused to core about the whole concept of the movie and its worth

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GilbertMulroneycakesOnTheSouthBankShowOct 27, 2003

Sorry to barge in again - and the Meta editors can feel free not to publish it [Ed: wouldn't dream of it, Gilbert...Keep bargin' in whenever you need to!] - but I really must react to the words of "Sharmoot". One word in Sorry to barge in again - and the Meta editors can feel free not to publish it [Ed: wouldn't dream of it, Gilbert...Keep bargin' in whenever you need to!] - but I really must react to the words of "Sharmoot". One word in particular. Pretentious. I hate it. I want it killed. It's a word that the ignorant use to shield themselves against people who use words of more than one syllable (though I hasten to add that I don't wish to imply that Sharmoot is one of these people, qua idea, just that they've used a word that makes them look like they might be). Sorry, Sharmoot, but how you can talk about Irreversible without discussing art and structure is beyond me - this isn't a Martin Lawrence film, this is a proper piece of cinematic art (and as such, I'm surprised not to see Yoon Min C.'s name anywhere yet...). To review it with just three sentences would be like saying "Yeah, it's not bad, I quite like it" about the Last Supper, or Picasso's Guernica. It's a piece of art, and I reviewed it as such, and I don't appreciate being called "pretentious" just because of it. Especially not - with respect - by someone who says, in all apparent seriousness, that it would be better if it wasn't French. You may not have written a thesis on it, but you could - and probably should - have done. And Toby B would probably agree. Oh, and by the way, if you enjoyed it, there's something wrong with you, because it's horrible. There. Just needed that said.… Expand

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TylerC.Apr 12, 2006

This is just simply a horrible french remake of Momento, which came out a year before this stupid film did, and was a hundred times better than this was.

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D.CabralApr 17, 2006

Bad. Not a Drama genre, more like horror exploitation like Last House on the Left. Sometimes less is more, Noe knows this when it comes to art so featuring 2 over the top horrendously VIOLENT scenes rather than the entire movie featuring Bad. Not a Drama genre, more like horror exploitation like Last House on the Left. Sometimes less is more, Noe knows this when it comes to art so featuring 2 over the top horrendously VIOLENT scenes rather than the entire movie featuring scene after scene of cruel vicious, imagery. This will leave you with a worst impact since exploitation films try too hard to do what this one accomplishes. Why can this one accomplish its shock? Because the film is targeting an audience that are not fans of such "films."… Expand

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JohnOApr 12, 2007

At the film's conclusion I was just left asking myself what the point was. There was no discernible justification for the brutality that I could see. Whatever argument Noe was trying to make is lost in his complete contempt for the At the film's conclusion I was just left asking myself what the point was. There was no discernible justification for the brutality that I could see. Whatever argument Noe was trying to make is lost in his complete contempt for the audience. If, as he claims, he is so influenced by Kubrick, I suggest he stop throwing his rattle out of the pram and start posing his arguments with a little more maturity and reason.… Expand

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AndremaxFeb 5, 2019

The most interesting about Irreversible is how story is constructed through reverse-decadence to shows explicitly human dirtiness.