Alchemy | Release Date: October 30, 2015
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MattBrady99Mar 11, 2016
Murphy: "I'm a loser. Yeah, just a dick. And dick has no brain. A dick has only one purpose: to f**k. And I f**ked it all up. Yeah. I'm good at one thing: f**king things up".

"Love" is directed by Gaspar Noé, who did "Enter The Void",
Murphy: "I'm a loser. Yeah, just a dick. And dick has no brain. A dick has only one purpose: to f**k. And I f**ked it all up. Yeah. I'm good at one thing: f**king things up".

"Love" is directed by Gaspar Noé, who did "Enter The Void", (which I haven't seen yet), but I did get to watch this film that I didn't get a chance to watch last year and honestly, it wasn't a good start in terms of watching his movies.

Why dose this movie even exist? I mean think about, it's non-stop sex scenes, the story is kind of there and after it's over you just kind leave and forget about it. I'm more curious of what Gaspar Noé was doing or thinking when making this movie. It's got to be more interesting then anything that happened in this movie.
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BroyaxJan 19, 2017
Dans le fond (!) c'est plutôt un bon porno habilement mis en scène qui jouit (!) d'une belle photographie et si les pornos de ce genre étaient plus nombreux, ce ne serait pas un mal ma foi : on a quelques bombasses premier choix, élevées auDans le fond (!) c'est plutôt un bon porno habilement mis en scène qui jouit (!) d'une belle photographie et si les pornos de ce genre étaient plus nombreux, ce ne serait pas un mal ma foi : on a quelques bombasses premier choix, élevées au grain, naturelles, sans OGM ni plastique. Le hardeur -l'acteur pardon- est très motivé et donne (!) de sa personne.

Hélas, on regrette que ces jolies scènes soient si éparpillées parmi tant d'autres scènes, lesquelles se vautrent pour leur part dans un sentimentalisme pédant qui n'a vraiment aucun intérêt. Leurs dialogues d'un ridicule pathétique se disputent avec un scénario d'une rare indigence qui multiplie les retours en arrière ad nauseam.

En conséquence de quoi, nous conseillons à Monsieur Noé de se concentrer sur le cul et de virer tout le reste, tout le verbiage intello de petit étudiant bourgeois sur "l'amour" et les réflexions de comptoir qui vont avec. Merci.
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LeZeeJan 24, 2017
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story that was narrated backwards!

This was from the director of 'Irreversible'. This story was told in backwards. It opened with a married couple having sexual intercourse and after a phone call, the flashback rolls. Which begins from that point of the story where it stands to where it all began as per the film character who recalls all the events. Actually, it was impressive idea, not that reverse way storytelling, but how the characters were drawn. And then the story was very simple, like the film '9½ Weeks', the drama and the sex parts shared the remaining narration alternatively for like every 10-15 minutes.

I wanted to like it, but not convinced with the blend between both the drama and sex scenes. They should have developed and blended them together better. Especially since the storytelling was reversified, one of the major plot holes is not solved or revealing what could have happened to that particular character on which this plot was developed. If you are not concerned about the storyline and looking for adult contents as in a film, not as a better porn film, then you might enjoy it.

The other major issue was the length. Two hours long for an adult film means teasing and testing your patience. It should have been under 90 minutes, that would have speeded it up a bit. The actors were decent. The film poster was so hot, it will drag you to watch this film. But I would say not to expect big, either adult stuffs or from the dramatic segments. Within its frame, it delivered, but for me it was an average and a little below.

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hotfromcauldronNov 9, 2015
It’s a daring move for director Gaspar Noe to start "Love" off with a climax- but he’s a daring director with a career for cinephiles to follow. Martin a self professed sentimental romantic film student in Paris navigates love and commitmentIt’s a daring move for director Gaspar Noe to start "Love" off with a climax- but he’s a daring director with a career for cinephiles to follow. Martin a self professed sentimental romantic film student in Paris navigates love and commitment through the eye of his penis. Sex in love. Sex out of love. Sexual consequences as the same carnal acts are repeated as the partners drift apart. A transcontinental mating game that tries your patience yet still reveals some truths in between the sheets. Expand
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ThiruJun 18, 2019
A poem by Gaspar noe Takes us to another dimension of love
Experimental and realistic
Shows another side of France
Thank God I doesn't watch it in 3D
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MahmusSep 25, 2020
While far less engaging than other Gaspar Noé movies, Love explores the love life of its very unlikeable protagonist with all the stylish editing, beautiful cinematography and explicit sex you would expect from him.

It's almost impossible to
While far less engaging than other Gaspar Noé movies, Love explores the love life of its very unlikeable protagonist with all the stylish editing, beautiful cinematography and explicit sex you would expect from him.

It's almost impossible to feel any sympathy for its main character, but his story was still mostly interesting to watch. The sex scenes tie together an okay drama elevated by Noé's unique style.

Artistically and technically impressive, though aside from its unsimulated sex scenes and some trippy sequences, doesn't offer the type of out-of-body experience that most Noé fans would expect.
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