Violation

Name: Violation
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: March 25, 2021
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Anna Maguire, Cynthia Ashperger, Jasmin Geljo, Jesse LaVercombe, Madeleine Sims-Fewer

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Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): March 25, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Anna Maguire, Cynthia Ashperger, Jasmin Geljo, Jesse LaVercombe, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Obi Abili

Summary: A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.

Director: Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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The Guardian Phil Hoad

Mar 24, 2021

Building to a remorseless climax, Sims-Fewer and co-writer/director Dusty Mancinelli brilliantly, and times almost unwatchably, overhaul the rape-revenge movie as something far more realistic, traumatised and noxious. Read full review

Lena Wilson

Mar 25, 2021

Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli have given their subject matter the focus it deserves, distinguishing themselves as thoughtful, artistic and uncompromising in their shared vision. This female-centered story manages to be gutsy while resisting exploitation — a welcome and nuanced addition to a genre often hobbled by didacticism. Read full review

Jim Slotek

Mar 17, 2021

Sims-Fewer clearly follows her vision, and paints an unsettling picture with sure strokes. I look forward to more. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Apr 5, 2021

Violation, much like Brea Grant's Lucky, strikes hard at the heart of the impossibility of revenge. In her elegantly-structured script, writer/director Sims-Fewer rejects the idea of a revelation changing the perspective on a moment we have already seen. Instead, she contextualizes what we are to see. Read full review

Katie Rife

Mar 25, 2021

Violation is not a movie one can casually recommend, and even aficionados of the horror genre may find it off-putting in its extreme violence or its grandiose self-seriousness. Perhaps the best way to think of this film is as a ritual, a transgressive act of dark magic that manifests all the slimy, sinister creatures crawling along the underside of more straightforward revenge narratives. You can’t banish a demon without conjuring it first. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Mar 23, 2021

Violation impressively pushes against the typically straightforward trajectory of the rape-revenge film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Christy Lemire

Mar 24, 2021

The jumbled narrative structure allows for a couple of a-ha revelations, but it mostly creates a distance for the viewer. And yet despite these flaws, the artistry on display in Violation is undeniable. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Mar 28, 2021

I could easily dismiss this film as a kind of artistic I Spit on Your Grave, which has even already been compared to the work of Lars Von Trier.

But is Violation something different? In parts yes, and in other parts no. The most interesting thing of course is how it provides a feminine lookI could easily dismiss this film as a kind of artistic I Spit on Your Grave, which has even already been compared to the work of Lars Von Trier.

But is Violation something different? In parts yes, and in other parts no.
The most interesting thing of course is how it provides a feminine look at what rape trauma means, but it's far from being the disturbing and shocking film I heard it was.
Or at least I'm too desensitized and didn't see it like that.
I mean, the film is violent, but I've seen much worse.

Certainly what it exposes is important, but there are ways to expose it without losing it in a exhibition of violence.
I just didn't find any catharsis for the lead character.

Of course, many can argue that this is the only way a lot of people can actually pay attention, but the crucial question is whether they really do so in the end.… Expand

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