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ENTER THE VOID, the psychedelic thriller by visionary French maverick Gaspar Noé (IRREVERSIBLE, I STAND ALONE), is a cinematic thrill ride that's riveted audiences at the Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and... read more read more... SXSW film festivals. Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta star in a visceral journey set against the thumping, neon club scene of Tokyo, which hurls the viewer into an astonishing trip through life, death, and the universally wonderful and horrible moments between. An immersive and just plain mind-bending experience, ENTER THE VOID is sure to be one of the most talked-about films of the year. -- (C) IFC

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Unrated, 2 hr. 17 min.

Directed by: Gaspar Noe

Release Date: September 24, 2010

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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2011

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  • December 30, 2011
    I just couldn't get into this movie. The direction is very different from most movies and this film has become a cult classic with a giant following right behind it. But for me it was a two-parter story that is a very repetitive, seizure inducing, mind mushing bore that is barely... read more a film at all. It's a floating camera that captures sex and drugs. I would give credit to many of the longshots, over the shoulder shots, and POV consistency that is rarely used in films today, but it's not hard to figure out why that is after watching Enter the Void. It's a nauseating sigh of flashing colors and disgusting characters. It's one long gimic.
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    November 12, 2011
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    Quite possibly the most trippy and vividly realized films I've ever seen - Gaspar Noe's cinematographic flair is seizure-inducing yet absolutely stunning in scope. The same can be said for the film's plot - which is marvelous at points and nearly unwatchable at others. The film m... read moreeanders and seems to lose sight in the last 20 minutes, but when the shocking ending arrives and the plot comes full-circle, you can let out a sigh of relief that it was all worth it.
  • October 25, 2011
    Yes, we know that its 1h30min worth of repetitive scenes but thats also the beauty of it. Its art-house and not intended to a fast paced action film. In the right mood, this film is beautiful
  • September 27, 2011
    Technically stunning like Gaspar Noe's Irreversible, this is a kaleidoscopic head-fuck of extreme cinema, pulling in everything from POV noir Lady in the Lake (1947) to 2001. It's also dreadfully acted, tediously "profound" and painfully overlong. Shot throug... read moreh the eyes of drug dealer Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), the prologue pulses with power. But when Oscar is shot, his "spirit" / the camera soars above the city streets, into his past and inside the heads of friends, enemies and sister Linda (Paz de la Huerta). From here, it becomes a misogynistic, metaphysical dirge, with super-close-ups of Linda's weeping, Linda's vagina, Linda's abortion, dead-eyed graphic sex, ejaculation, conception and birth. Woah, that's like life, man.
  • August 30, 2011
    Wow. So that was what all the fuss was about! I have to confess, I watched it late on Saturday night after drinking a little too much wine. I made notes though, like I sometimes do in order to remember the things I want to mention in my reviews. I'm not sure I could say it better... read more sober, so here's what I wrote:

    "It's about life/death in a place that seems devoid of consciousness but also full of consciousness. F**k liner narrative, who needs it. I'm glad I'm drunk. Doesn't matter though, this is art, it will find you if you want it to. Simple. This film is sobering me up and making me more drunk. Provocative! The birth of death? Best example of digital stuff. determination & dedication. This is a project! Disturbing, amazing, hard to ignore. A good kick in the balls. Maybe it's because I'm drunk that I'm not insulted. 5/5 for balls or insanity. 'This is who I am' Wonderful wrongness - ridiculous & wonderful"

    It's probably my best review yet, I can't decide whether Gaspar Noe should direct every film from now on or if I should drink heavily before watching every film from now on.
    On the serious side though, I actually watched it again sober (and slightly hung-over). Considering it's supposed to be like a drug trip, maybe it was best to watch drunk. I think I enjoyed the drunk version most but I appreciated the sober one more. I think this is a very rare example of you either love it or hate it but actually, you can love and hate it at the same time. Maybe I need to watch it upside down or underwater next to get more of a scope but I think I loved it. Gaspar Noe impressed me so much with the controversial Irreversible, I can't help but think this is more masterpiece than 'mad man at work'. He's certainly a director in a league of his own. 5 stars from me but that's not necessarily a recommendation. You'd better watch it and make you own mind up!
  • August 13, 2011
    Gaspar Noé proves again he is such an imaginative director, taking us with a subjective camera in a depressing psychedelic trip presented entirely from the point of view of the main character. An interesting drug-induced-like experience of strong colors and strobing lights.
  • April 7, 2011
    There is something about this film that (to spite about 30 minutes worth of excess selfindulgent camera pans back and forth across the city) really got under my skin and in my head.

    There are shades of Blade Runner, Train Spotting and some camera work, music and sound moments ... read morethat are down right Lynchian. What's not to like in that?

    It is (for the most part) brilliantly shot. Visually intriguing and at times almost hypnotic. While the story is completely engaging and ultimately very moving, in a slightly uncomfortable / dirty way. I was really sucked right in and (afterwards) felt like I had been in a sort of trance.

    It is at times, very quiet, slow and sweet, while at other times loud, violent and hyper sexual. It is the kind of film that you just have to sit back and commit to going along for the ride.

    I've never taken any psychedelic drugs...but I now feel like I have been on a bit of an acid trip!
  • January 31, 2011
    Oscar: Do you remember that pact we made? We promised to never leave each other.

    Enter the Void is self described by the film's director, Gaspar Noe, as a psychedelic melodrama, and that is a pretty decent way to sum it up. Given that this film is inspired by, among other thi... read morengs, 2001: A Space Odyssey, basically replace that film's various themes and imagery with a trippy stroll down the world of a drug addict's disembodied soul, as he travels Tokyo and witnesses various events of his life and the future. Also be warned that this film has the kind of audio and visual craft to plunge you into a world that could induce a seizure if you are not careful. It is also quite graphic. Still, on a technical level especially, this is certainly as far from mainstream cinema as one can get and certainly straddles the line between pretension and intense art.

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  • January 26, 2011
    Whether you love or hate the subject matter, Noe is a force to be reckoned with. His films are incredibly unique, beautifully shot, & and agonizingly painful to watch at times. While not as powerful as Irreversible, Enter the Void is an interesting & hallucinogenic look at what h... read moreappens when the soul leaves the body. The fluidity of the overhead camera movements really gives the feeling of the remains of a person looking down on the world he has left behind. However, it is not just an exercise in clever camera work, Noe also gives these characters depth by weaving in flashbacks of the characters childhood. The acting by some of the characters seems to be the one big drawback of this film.
    In the end, it is one of the more interesting pieces of arthouse cinema to come out in a while.
    I'm going to save you from a potential pun, but Gasper knows what he is doing.
  • January 8, 2011
    This movie will probably haunt me for years to come. While I can't say it's the best film of the year, it is hands down some of the most amazing cinematography I've ever seen.

Critic Reviews


Peter Howell
January 1, 2011
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

In visual terms, it's a whiz-bang marvel of swooping and soaring camera work and psychedelic imagery, lit by the gaudy fluorescence of Tokyo's seamier nightclubs. Full Review

Stephen Cole
December 31, 2010
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

If you yourself are stoked for a lurid, oversexed, stupid-with-Freud Midnight Movie extravaganza -- a trip to El Topo via Mulholland Drive -- there are worse ways to spend 2 1/2 hours. Full Review

Jen Chaney
November 12, 2010
Jen Chaney, Washington Post

[It's] certainly an immersive experience that's decidedly difficult to shake. The problem is that it's also the most excruciating sit in recent cinematic memory. Full Review

Ty Burr
November 11, 2010
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

As chowderheaded as some of its underlying pretensions are, the movie's still an astonishing work of cinema, alternately brilliant and disgusting, naïve and inspired, tedious and sublime. Full Review

Tom Long
November 5, 2010
Tom Long, Detroit News

Hallucinogenic, dazzling, depressing, daring and not entirely successful, "Enter the Void" is obviously out to blow some minds. Full Review

Colin Covert
October 21, 2010
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

One-hundred-proof unfiltered weirdness. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
October 13, 2010
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Director Gaspar Noé proved a shock poet in Irreversible. In Enter the Void, he's a shockingly tedious show-off. Full Review

Walter V. Addiego
October 7, 2010
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

Gaspar Noé has followed up his 2002 Irreversible, an unwatchable exercise in provocation, with Enter the Void, an unbearable exercise in provocation. Full Review

Tirdad Derakhshani
September 30, 2010
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer

An accomplished, daring, even great film. Full Review

J. R. Jones
September 24, 2010
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

It's a dark and commanding vision, reaching for the heavens even as it wallows in the muck. Full Review

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    • Alex: The drug guy, he's a dirty bastard you know. Yeah, he likes boys.
    • Oscar: Who is this?
    • Linda: Bruno, the guy that gave me drugs. Don't even take a drink. You take a drink, you might wake up two days later with his shit in your mouth, you know. [pause] Or your own shit, you know. I should be able to get him to see you today but I won't come back with you so you should be careful. You know what his new trick is? He can't even be turned on by fucking now, so what he does is...
    • Oscar: [looking over the balcony] Hey... I'm not gonna *jump* from here, am I?
    • Alex: Hey, once a new guy gives him a blowjob, yeah, he sticks his finger inside his own ass, and then he wipes his finger on the back of their head. So they walk around with shit on their hair.
    • Linda: This thing is not my brother.
    • Oscar: Do you remember that pact we made? We promised to never leave each other.

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