Flixster Reviews (723)
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November 15, 2009
Director Polansk's films are always laced with not-so-subtle sexual overtones and Repulsion is certainly no exception. Catherine Deneuve is wonderful as the paranoid manicurist who slowly descends into complete madness.
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August 19, 2009
Extremely slow moving and hard to keep watching. The style of filming and the methods used throughout to interpret the state of mind were intriguiging and of course you can see the Polanski stamp here. The slow moving pace certainly emphasised the more graphic scenes, but for m...( read more)
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August 17, 2009
It was in the mid-late 1960's that Catherine Deneuve cemented herself as much more than a pretty face. Prior to "Repulsion"'s release, she appeared in Jacques Demy's wonderful "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg", whom she would again collaborate with in 1967's "The Young Girls of Rochef...( read more)
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July 17, 2009
A taunt, paranoid thriller that hinges on Deneuve's amazing performance. Polish creep master Polanski masterfully crafts this low budget masterpiece.
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October 14, 2008
1965's Repulsion is a brilliant portrait of madness. I can't think of a film, that has a better depiction of true psychosis.
It is the story of Carol, played by Catherine Deneuve. Carol is delicate and shy. She has trust issues with men, and is plagued by repressed memories. Wh...( read more) -
November 17, 2009
Completely deranged and abstract. Fear for Carole was clearly men and rape. Being left alone was obviously not the right decision for her. It's hard to get a clear message from this movie, it can be seen in a thousand different ways. It's precise film making from Roman Polanski t...( read more)
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November 13, 2009
Roman Polanski's disturbing film was such a critical and public success that it quickly established itself as a classic. The chilling feeling of incipient madness has seldom been realised with such skill and imagination and many of its more famous hallucinatory scenes have been i...( read more)
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November 3, 2009
Extremely disturbing dive into madness. For sure, the best acting by Catherine Deneuve.
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October 29, 2009
An exceptional film in all respects. Gorgeous, compelling, disturbing. Film as an experience that s
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September 24, 2009
A woman is left alone in her sister's apartment and slowly starts losing her mind.
I found this movie to be rather uneven. On one hand I wasn't convinced that the woman had a reason to go crazy while on the other hand the mix of reality and nightmare really worked to give the a...( read more)
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July 27, 2009Finally available on DVD as part of the amazing Criterion Collection!
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June 29, 2007i just saw it and LOVED IT!! Im a teenager but i LOVE black and white films probably more than i like currant movies especialllay movies about the human psyche ...i felt really connected to the main character because i kind of share her feelings about sex.. i have urges but the act (pardon the pun) repulses me
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