Variety
Certain to arouse critical acclaim and smart-audience interest wherever it's shown.
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Shame
Hard-hitting drama from director Steve McQueen (Hunger). Brandon's (Michael Fassbender) carefully cultivated sex addiction is interrupted by the unannounced arrival of his sister (Carey Mulligan).
"Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control." (Official Synopsis)
Volpi Cup winner (Best Performance) for Fassbender, Venice Film Festival 2011.
2011Rating: R18+102 minsUK
Drama
- Director:
- Steve McQueen ('Hunger')
- Cast:
- Michael FassbenderCarey MulliganAmy HargreavesHannah WareJames Badge DaleNicole Beharie
Shame / Reviews
USA Today
With its focus on relentless sexual craving the movie is superficially bold, but lacks the bravery to go all the way.
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Not for the faint-hearted, prudish or impatient, Shame is as complex and ambiguous as its characters.
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Time Magazine
In a movie era remarkable for its reluctance to dramatize erotic intimacy, Shame merits praise for the dark energy of its sexual encounters.
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The Guardian
Shame is a disturbing film that penetrates our minds and gets beneath our skins as we try to understand its characters.
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Roger Ebert
This is a great act of filmmaking and acting. I don't believe I would be able to see it twice.
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Los Angeles Times
This is a psychologically claustrophobic film that strips its characters bare literally and figuratively, leaving them, and us, nowhere to hide.
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Hollywood Reporter
Its dramatic and stylistic prowess provides a cinematic jolt that is bracing to experience.
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Entertainment Weekly
The biggest surprise in Shame is how distanced, passionless, and merely skin-deep the director's attention is - how little he cares about the subject of his own movie.
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Empire Magazine
Brave, beautifully acted and emotionally revealing — an early strong contender for the most provocative and compelling film of the year.
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The Telegraph
Shame is packed with scenes which are both immaculately composed and seething with meaning.
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