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Shame

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Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan
Dec 02, 2011
NC-17, 1 hr. 39 min.

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Movie Info

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie, Lucy Walters, Mari-Ange Ramirez, Alex Manette, Hannah Ware, Elizabeth Masucci, Rachel Farrar
Director: Steve McQueen (III)
Rated: NC-17
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.
Genre: Art House & International, Drama
Theater Release: Dec 02, 2011
DVD Release: Apr 17, 2012
Synopsis: Brandon (Michael Fassbender) 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. -- (C) Official Site

Critic Reviews

  • Justin Chang, Variety
    Few filmmakers have plumbed the soul-churning depths of sexual addiction as fearlessly as British director Steve McQueen has in Shame.
  • Tom Long, Detroit News
    Shame is something of a dirty date that leaves you wondering what went wrong.
  • Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
    [Fassbender is] so good as a man completely lost to his baser impulses that it makes "Shame" worth sitting through. Enjoying? That's a relative term. But you'll certainly appreciate it.
  • Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
    [A] graphic and spontaneous portrait of a spiraling sex addict.
  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
    McQueen finds the exquisite tension between the brother wanting to disconnect and the sister longing for connection.
  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
    There's a misery in Fassbender that's spellbinding. I rolled my eyes for most of "Shame.'' But never at him.
  • Eric D. Snider, Film.com
    Despite the impression you may have gotten strolling some of the Internet's more giggly avenues, the most riveting part of Michael Fassbender's anatomy in Shame is his face.
  • Mark Jenkins, NPR
    It was frantic sex that earned Shame an NC-17 rating, but this arty drama is mostly slow and methodical. And thoroughly unsexy.
  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
    Yes, this is an affecting picture that leaves the viewer as wrung out as the protagonist. No doubt you'll be seduced but, in the end, you may also feel abandoned.
  • Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
    On a par with "Midnight Cowboy."
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