well now, where to begin...this is a film that is trading on its shocking content. and after having seen the film then you can understand why. because once you remove the very explicit, unfaked sex and the really bad violence and gore (bad, as in it looked like someones home video. you know what i mean: 'throw some more tomato sauce on there to make it look scary...no, the one with chunks in') then you are left with the script and the story.
really bad dialogue. no, i mean really, really bad dialogue. pointless dialogue. no characterisation. no empathy (although that of course is the point), everyone was repellant. it all just seemed to go nowhere and say nothing. were the girls really fighting back against all those evil men?
***Spoiler alert***
this is a really bad film....oh, maybe that isnt that much of a spoiler then. maybe the raped one was, but the other? well who knows, and frankly who the hell cares either
***end of spoiler***
i am all in favour of films that try to go further and i hate censorship so i couldnt agree with anyone that this film should be banned. because you see, there is really no need to give it the oxygen it needs by giving it such publicity. in a year or two (a year?! who am i trying to kid), well, maybe in a month or two (a month?! who am i trying to kid...etc etc) then this film will be all but forgotten.
there should be shocking films. i have no desire for all films to be products of the disney corporation or a hollywood that is scared of far-right religious extremists. and indeed if you look back at many shocking films then in time re-evaluation has lifted the likes of 'clockwork orange' and 'psycho' to the classic status that they deserved. but i'm afraid that Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi are in little danger of being mistaken for Alfred Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick.
really bad dialogue. no, i mean really, really bad dialogue. pointless dialogue. no characterisation. no empathy (although that of course is the point), everyone was repellant. it all just seemed to go nowhere and say nothing. were the girls really fighting back against all those evil men?
***Spoiler alert***
this is a really bad film....oh, maybe that isnt that much of a spoiler then. maybe the raped one was, but the other? well who knows, and frankly who the hell cares either
***end of spoiler***
i am all in favour of films that try to go further and i hate censorship so i couldnt agree with anyone that this film should be banned. because you see, there is really no need to give it the oxygen it needs by giving it such publicity. in a year or two (a year?! who am i trying to kid), well, maybe in a month or two (a month?! who am i trying to kid...etc etc) then this film will be all but forgotten.
there should be shocking films. i have no desire for all films to be products of the disney corporation or a hollywood that is scared of far-right religious extremists. and indeed if you look back at many shocking films then in time re-evaluation has lifted the likes of 'clockwork orange' and 'psycho' to the classic status that they deserved. but i'm afraid that Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi are in little danger of being mistaken for Alfred Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick.