Fresh
Extremely difficult to endure, and if you choose to endure it, it could leave you feeling angry and upset. Nevertheless, this is serious filmmaking, and Noe is a gifted filmmaker.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Irreversible
Time destroys everything.
2002 · 1h 33m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Gaspar Noé
Overview
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A fascinating study in excess, a movie that seduces and repulses as it explores the merciless nature of fate.
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Rotten
There is nothing moral about Irreversible -- only sneeringly superior and nihilistic, like Johnny Rotten at his most fatuous.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
A genuine outlaw work of art.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Rotten
Fails because of its gratuitous rape and violence and also because of its pretentious and intellectually one-dimensional grounds, which make the violence at the end feel even worse.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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