
A young woman, Alex, is raped by a stranger in a tunnel. Her boyfriend Marcus and ex-boyfriend Pierre decide to do justice themselves. In 2002, Gaspar Noé created controversy (and controversy) by presenting his film at the Cannes Film Festival. 17 years later, he returns with a brand new version of his cult film. Initially operated in an anechronological form (the film starts at the end and ends at its beginning), with Irreversible "Full Inversion" (2019), the filmmaker offe... (Full plot summary below)
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A young woman, Alex, is raped by a stranger in a tunnel. Her boyfriend Marcus and ex-boyfriend Pierre decide to do justice themselves. In 2002, Gaspar Noé created controversy (and controversy) by presenting his film at the Cannes Film Festival. 17 years later, he returns with a brand new version of his cult film. Initially operated in an anechronological form (the film starts at the end and ends at its beginning), with Irreversible "Full Inversion" (2019), the filmmaker offers us a completely different reading, offering it to us in a chronological order.
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| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittHas a raw immediacy and momentum I've rarely seen sustained over the length of a movie. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesNoe is a confrontational master, no question. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestNoé's initially disconcerting stylistic choices and the extreme violence are justified when you look at the bigger picture. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Has a raw immediacy and momentum I've rarely seen sustained over the length of a movie. |
| Rue Morgue MagazineRod GudinoIrreversible is I Spit On Your Grave for the intellectual set ... |
| Modamag.comBrian OrndorfContains crippling, extended acts of sexual violence and general inhumanity, yet, under the bleeding rawness of it all, was a film of brilliant technical achievement and unrivaled, unrelenting ferocity. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhatever else it may be, Irreversible is disturbingly unforgettable. It is impossible to have a blasé reaction to a film this visceral. Indifference is not an option. |
| Entertainment TodayBrent SimonWhereas Memento also actually delved into the human brain's relationship to humanity and whether 'reality' as we know it lies in something as simple as cognitive imprinting and recollection, Irreversible peddles only the deeply exterior prec |
| culturevulture.netGeorge WuGiven Irreversible's many plot contrivances -- it has an implausible accumulation of coincidences -- it may just be that Noé doesn't earn his shocks. |
| Film ScoutsJason GorberThe film is almost unwatchable at the beginning, but the chaos and horror of the swinging camera stabilizes, the film becomes more structured and horrifying long after the cinematic devices calm down. |