Review of Baise-moi

Baise-moi (2000)
10/10
Something else
10 October 2005
This movie is for people who are OK with images of explicit sex, and psychotic violence. I am giving it a 10 not because it is flawless, but because it has the courage to do something different without being boring. It mixes violence with explicit sex, and that is not what we usually see in the movies. But why not? I believe a movie can be a romantic comedy with explicit sex, or a drama with explicit sex. This here is a crime drama, with some humor, and explicit sex, and that is OK.

Some people want movies to be like textbooks: always a clear message of humanism or something. Well, art is not always that pretty. In this movie, you see women that are in a way victims of an unbalanced society, yes. But they are not that nice, and soon they are psychotic, and seem to be enjoying their madness. Maybe that's not politically correct, but when people go crazy, they sometimes look evil from the outside. What can you do? This movie is not strong on solutions, and it does seem to enjoy being mean. That's fine: art does not always have to provide people with explanations and solutions.

This one here is just trying to tell a story of poverty, madness and violence without patronizing the poor or insane. And without avoiding to show sex, and even rape, in a way closer to reality. Good show!
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