Irreversible Reviews

Irreversible Review
by Josh Gilchrist (Rating: 3.5/4)
Gaspar Noé's Irréversible is one of those rare films that I'm not at all anxious to watch again, even though I think that, as a whole, the film is a brilliant trip into the violent underbelly of life. And I would never recommend the film to anyone I...more

Irreversible Review
by Richard A. Zwelling (Rating: 1/4)
Note: The content of this film is extremely graphic, both in terms of violence and sex. The camera does not avert its gaze in several brutal sequences, and therefore, there is no way for the audience to get comfortably out of the line of fire. An NC-17...more

Irreversible Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: .5/4)
IRRÉVERSIBLE makes pure pornography look pretty appealing in comparison. It's the type of picture that will have critics applauding and audiences gagging. With two of the most horrific scenes in cinematic history, it's not a movie that one is likely to...more

Irreversible Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 2/4)
# stars based on 4 stars: 2 Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Lions Gate Films Directed by: Gaspar Noe Written by: Gaspar Noe Cast: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia Screened at: Preview 9, NYC, 3/3/03 more

Irreversible Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 9/10)
There isn't a warning strong enough to prepare you for Gaspar Noé's Irreversible. But it's not because of the now-infamous graphic violence or brutal rape scene, which had people fleeing, presumably with their hands either up in the air or over their...more

Irreversible Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10)
CRITIQUE: Holy friggin' shit! The first thing that I said when I came out of this film was "You ain't gonna see a movie like this every day" and boy oh boy...this is one fucked up movie, let me tell you. First of all, I have to say that I liked...more