Fresh
Plays like a passionate, harrowing confession.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Pola X
An erotically charged descent into madness.
1999 · 2h 14m · NOT RATED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Leos Carax
Overview
A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It works on several levels of meaning and panache, yet it undoubtedly will leave behind those unable to go along with its unabashed headiness.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Carax, with Pola X, has become a parody of himself with a self-indulgent, overreaching style that many viewers will find a struggle to watch -- provided they can contain their contempt for pretentiousness.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
For all its mess and romantic excess, Pola X has enough fireworks to keep you in your seat. When it's over, you'll know you've had an experience.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
Faithful readers will know I have an affection for raving lunatics and am grateful for films that break free of the dismal bonds of formula to cartwheel into overwrought passionate excess.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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