Mark Rylance,
Kerry Fox,
Timothy Spall,
Alistair Galbraith,
Marianne Faithfull
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One man's sexual obsessions and emotional weaknesses are laid bare in this controversial drama. Jay (Mark Rylance) is a cold, emotionally distant man who abandoned his wife and children several years ... read more
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2004
Stats: 162 reviews
Lust leads to intimacy. Intimacy leads to love. Love leads to turmoil. The sex scenes may be explicit and controversial but there is a lot more to this film than Mark Rylance's boudoir and Kerry Fox's booty.
This is a surprisingly compelling film. Surprising, because a viewer may expect only to be titillated, or perhaps to be bored. Kerry Fox is alert and brilliantly self-contained as Claire, also hot in her nudity and sex scenes.
French director Patrice Chéreau looks upon these cha... read more
A somewhat difficult film to watch, as relationships and motivations were not always apparent. The sex was desperate and almost brutal and belied the title, as intimacy seemed to be the one thing missing from the affair. The lead Actress, Kerry Fox, while not a classic beauty, st... read more
"Intimacy" is a pretty depressing picture. A guy named Jay is having an affair (well more like a Last Tango In Paris affair) with this mature woman named Claire. The meet, have small talk, and then have quick sex. How these two meet in the first place? and wouldn't Claire have an... read more
My ridiculous decision...to form a one-night stand course of actions,break the norms by activating emotions and ultimately,reverse my fortune's bastardization by puking truthful sequences.What's the point from the beginning is there's no remorse,no maliciousness.Brilliant Dogme a... read more
Good acting by a talented cast, but devoid of any lasting substance. Call me a prude, but I hate real sex in maistream films. It overpowers any plot points.
Sexually explicit and engaging story about a love affair and the meaning of intimacy. Based on short stories by Hanif Kurieshi. This film has a lot of potential, I am not sure if it works entirely, but it is definitely interesting.
For all the sex and vicious psychological game-playing, Chereau's movie is strangely forgettable. Full Review
Its somber ruminations on passion and desire, marriage and aloneness, resonate with unmistakable force.
It does get at the messy totalitarianism of uninvited emotions, and in that sense, it's haunting.
Chereau ... creates a wonderful minor-chord symphony.
Despite the efforts of Kureishi, Chereau and co-screenwriter Anne-Louise Trividic to make us believe in its realism. Toward the end, there are too many speeches. Full Review
It's when the actors are working at a deeper, wordless level that Intimacy really distinguishes itself. Full Review
Intimacy is not afraid to say that life, like sex, is often messy and unfulfilling. Full Review
[Chereau] has a loving eye, filming his actors with an intimacy that never exploits. Full Review
What makes it worth seeing isn't the sin but the scintillating acting. Full Review
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