Delphine MacCarty, Estelle Isaac, Hervé P. Gustave

Manu, a hardened young waif is violently raped by a group of savage young thugs. Nadine, a tough-skinned prostitute, sells her body but refuses to give up her soul to the world's oldest profession. An...( read more  read more... )gry at the world, they embark on a twisted rage-filled road trip.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Coralie Trinh Thi, Virginie Despentes

Release Date: April 28, 2001

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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001

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  • September 29, 2009
    It?s just Sex and violence. It pushes the boundaries of censorship but at the end of the day, if you want porn, get a porn film and if you want violence, get Natural Born Killers. This isn't worth it!
  • January 3, 2009
    Graphically hardcore. The story of two young women who go on a cross-country crime spree. Makes Thelma and Louise look like a lighthearted Disney movie.
  • December 31, 2008
    ome films are made to just be provocative. Add some sex sequences and some violence and you get a wave of anger and insult in response of what the director wanted to point out. Baise Moi is a masterpiece which should be seen by consentant adults ready to face reality and who want...( read more) to live open minded. Yes this film is X rated for adults only but it is not pornographic !!! It is just to tough for young audiences. Baise Moi belongs to these Feature-Realism category where you find Cassavetes, Godard and others. You get in touch with the truth of what these people live, breath and feel. It tells the story (which could be real !) of two women in a world where being a women souds like hell. What about feeling compassion for Serial Killers ? What about understanding how a human being could turn himself into a monster ? What would our life mean if it doesn't worth anything to anybody ? This film shows you what you are not ready to watch and hear. This film connects you with these people frightenning us everyday and against who we protect ourselves without hearing the sound of their sufferings. It's tough, brutal, rough and so true ! Rape yourself and learn ! I want to thank the two directors and the actresses. They are more than gifted and deserve a great future !
  • November 11, 2008
    This is a film that deals with the ideas of losing one's humanity, our views on sex and violence, and the obliteration of the soul. Nadine and Manu have been so harmed by the world that they become monsters, killing with blind rage. They are the epitome of random violence. Thinki...( read more)ng they have found power in their murders and sex, the two women are still slaves to their pasts and their own self-images. In essence this is sort of a mean-spirited feminist film.

    There are a lot of interesting things that are going on in the film, and really, for two women that had seemingly not done a "regular" film before, both leads are very good. It's a shame the movie isn't.
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  • December 21, 2007
    Take 'Thelma and Louise' mix it with 'Natural Born Killers' and throw in porn and there you have this rather odd, violent French film.
    Its not awful but it's far too anarchic to be engaging.
  • November 15, 2009
    After being raped, two women go on a cross country murder spree.
    This movie was infamous for it's hardcore sex scenes which ended up getting it banned in certain countries (I believe). The sex scenes show penetration but the acting, script and basically everything about this mov...( read more)ie sucks.
  • November 10, 2009
    Too much violence. Sex, rape, killing. Director is also a female. What a dream ?????? when we are escaping busters' world.

    I cannot call this is French Cinema.
  • October 14, 2009
    Not for the faint hearted.. I liked it.
  • October 4, 2009
    Hehe, I love how so many people seem to be offended by this film. Yes, it's another great pair-on-the-run film. This film doesn't want to compromise. Neither does it explain the motives and reasons for some of their actions. It also has some empathy towards the women, despite wha...( read more)t happens to Nadine in the end. Watch out for the scene where they kill everyone in the swingers' bar and forces a man to humiliate and degrade himself.
  • October 4, 2009
    Violent, disturbing, graphic and erotic. Very cruel and merciless. Didn't like it. Strong stomach and a somewhat sick mind required.

    39/100

Critic Reviews


July 13, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

More of a bluff. full review

July 6, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate

An exploitation movie reduced to its grindhouse essence. full review

July 5, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The result is like something you'd see momentarily unscrambled on a hotel television set, but with better music and a little more of a story line. full review

June 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

As Despentes lets the brutality overwhelm the relationship between the women, the film loses its core, and the shock loses its value. full review

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Comments


  • natglc
    March 9, 2007
    im 16 and i watched this when i was 15 ne1 els seen this film wen they were this age holla
  • generationterrorist9
    September 23, 2006
    Did anybody else just outright hate this movie?

    If it didn't have hardcore sex in it (and there's only snippets of it) then nobody would ever have even heard of it. Rightly so too. It's a piece of junk. A poor man's Thelma And Louise with badly shot porn edited in.

    Even the sex was rubbish. The characters were so goddamn irritating that all I wanted them to do was die. It's a pointless bunch of attention-seeking, amatuerish nonsense.

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