T**R
Good erotic movie
If you would like to enjoy an erotic (not necessarily pornographic) film that doesn't concentrate solely at the top of the legs, this could be a good movie for you. There were a couple of scenes I could have lived without, but overall a good movie.Possible spoiler: Instead of just making the movie starting with the beginning scene, and progressing forward to the end scene, the movie starts at the end scenes, and works it's way backwards to the beginning. Nice technique!
B**A
I thought it was a beautiful film overall
I thought it was a beautiful film overall. I enjoyed the musical score, the cinematography... I do think there could have been more to the story and hate that it leaves you hanging. I like that many scenes are more moving in an abstract expressive way rather than filled with heavy dialogue, but at the same time I would've liked a little bit more.On that same note though I think the director really just wanted this to be about love, in a very simple yet understandable and relate-able way.Murphy experienced love and being loved by someone, and the loss of it all and how it hurts. Love is really complex and beautiful, even for young people who use drugs have wild sex and are impulsive and maybe not the most likable characters... love still exists for all. And everyone can relate to that. I enjoyed it overall
J**N
Unfiltered Indy Movie
Caution: Be prepared for unfiltered, explicit adult content.If you are not offended by explicit love scenes, complicated lives, and movies with no conclusive endings then this is for you. To me this movie is about a kid who found lust and was constantly chasing the next high that it comes with. He is lost in a complicated mix between love, lust, and addiction. His story leaves you feeling lost, and uncertain of when, or how the cycle is going to end. It's a great film for all of you Indy movie lovers, or people who just want something to make them feel better about there personal life (As his is a train-wreck)
S**Y
Gaspar Going Hard!
An acid trip of a love story. People have panned it for being "pornographic". What's gross about porn is that it is merely intended to stimulate erotic urges, rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings. That's exactly how Gaspar separates himself in this work. Unlike pornography, it's not about sex, it's about LOVE. This journey is a stylish exploration of love lost and how one never really forgets about a great love despite their best efforts. A great love will stick to one's soul like a possessive demon with malicious intent. Gaspar deftly explores this notion with a mix of bitter and sweet. He's one of the kings of style in cinema. His work is always thought provoking and subsequently labeled "dangerous". Someday his brilliance will be celebrated in the streets with ticker tape parades in his honor. Until then, he's a dope hip pocket under ground cinematic god. I mean... he scores a sex scene with John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct Thirteen intro. He's one of the very best ever.
M**Z
Meh. He's done better.
It was interesting. GasperNoe always has weird shots. Some sort of weird editing style. The color of the film was pretty awesome for a late night viewing. There is gratuitous sex that boarders on graphic most times. That is a lot of the film actually. It takes place in Paris and has an interesting sex club scene as well as a group ayahuasca scene. There isn't much closure at the end of the film like I had hoped for which led me to leave it as a visually stimulating film and really not much more. The score is pretty repetitive but in a good way I guess. Evoking a tranced like viewing. I was surprised to hear a Death by Vegas song in there though. All in all it almost seems kinda tame for Gasper Noe but maybe that's because I'm desensitized by sex on screen.
S**5
Just What is the Director Trying to Say?
OK, let me try again without being too detailed. Warning! This movie is sexually explicit. It jumps back and forth between the narrator's frustrating present with a woman he doesn't really love, and their infant, and the woman whom he yearns to recover. If you have any phallophobia, or would rather not be blasted with graphic sexual scenes, then avoid this film. I'm troubled by his rendition of a three-way experience. It seems to be a warning against threesomes and a puritanical yearning for a monogamist love despite all the sexual content. A very confusing message indeed. But a worthy effort.
R**3
Lost love cannot be replaced.
This is a moving love story of a man who marries the mother of his child, but does not love her. His real love disappears from his life, in large part because of his own reckless sexual actions and he is unable to contact her. The movie is the troubling story life of two sexual active people, but who still love each other yet cannot resolve their sensual needs beyond their own relationship. The man ends with the love for his child, but not the love of his life.
R**Y
Sex Sex Sex LOVE
I will also be purchasing this film. Gasper Gasper! Everything about this movie was amazing. From the 1st second to the last. The actors & actresses really did A wonderful job. He should get many awards for this 1. I've seen all his movies, except for I Stand Alone. This came out at the perfect time. I'm just wondering, how the hell he's going to top this 1.The woman are beautiful & I don't do woman. The men are gorgeous begins. Rock hard Beautiful schlongs! Full nudity of the human body, engaging in mild to full on ecstasy. Mmmm.... The sex, sex, foreplay, all. I had to watch half because I was so turned on & didn't want it to end.Besides that, the story, the way it was portrayed, standing ovation!
R**Y
passed a wet afternoon
Real sex scenes, as opposed to simulated. Only these saved it from being the most boring film I've ever watched. The male protagonist is some miserable sod who spends half his life on his phone, the other half copulating. I could not discern what any of the characters actually did for a living, nor what their motivations were. But then it's French. After 30 minutes I was ffwd thru the non-sex scenes.Now to the sex: all MF scenes, apart from one MFF trio, which seems to be the centre piece. The beautiful guitar solo played in Peter Green style is the only possible reason to watch the film more than once.Those seeking FF action will be diappointed, but if you enjoy penises being masturabated to ejaculation by a woman, this is for you. The women are mostly brunette and all looked alike, apart from one blonde. They all had beautiful bodies and were all au naturel, just like the good old days.
M**.
hopelessly pointless film, much like Climax.
This is I believe the 3rd film I got directed by what's his name -some French director.So. My verdict. Much like Climax and Irreversible, this film is exceptionally boring, tedious, mundane, confusing and quite hopelessly pointless.Got these films cos I stupidly believed in the hype.Never get back the time spent watching these films. In fact, watching this and Climax, I nearly fell asleep on both!I wouldn't recommend these artsy fartsy films to even my worst enemy.Delivery was fast and secure, about the only good thing.
S**N
Rather a lot of naked sex
This is an action movie. No it is not fast cars, boats or planes it is bodies. Bodies on a bed. Naked bodies on a bed. A very small cast about one man and his relationship with himself and sex with women. Well I suppose he sorts himself out in his head but what we see is him sorting himself out naked, with women sometimes one sometimes two. It is very explicit sex. But well shot, good lighting good camerawork.
A**R
There's only one reason to watch this
This is porn that has somehow sneaked its way out onto general release. Possibly because its considered european therefore its "arty". But I live in Britain and social convention dictates me to be officially offended by this. Well, I am offended by it....but I'm not offended by the adult scenes, I am offended by the insane protagonist. Confused? Human nature, quite the conundrum isnt it?
M**D
Love.
Some In Vogue 'French' Director.All It Involved Was Some Hard Core Intimate Bed Room Scenes; Top Shelf Stuff; No Story Line.One Thing I Learned Was The Meaning Of Life Is Love.Not A Hit, A Miss.Nil Points.
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