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Anatomie de l'enfer
  • Studio: Tartan
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2004
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5.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8

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  1. JustinA.
    Oct 5, 2004
    9
    In the way that Breillat's earlier Fat Girl presented itself as a foil to 400 blows, Anatomy of Hell foils Hiroshima, Mon Amour (with all of its heavy-handed, overblown dialgoue). This movie, for all of its flaws, is truly beautful. Breillat is best when she's showing and not telling; she is a visual theorist who would be better with the sound off (she also seems to have terrible taste in music, unless, of course, there is a point to her garrish soundtracks that I'm missing, which is probably the case.) If you have not seen many of the director's films, this is not a good place to start. However, Anatomy nicely continues the exploration of the feminine's attempt to appropriate sexuality from the violence and repulsion of the masculine. It does feel like a continuation, rather than a starting point. See A Real Young Girl, 36 Fillette, Perfect Love, Romance, and Fat Girl (or at least one or two of them) first.… Expand
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  2. PierreA.
    Feb 12, 2005
    0
    C'est une filme terrible par l'enfant terrible!
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  3. Rico
    Feb 22, 2005
    0
    Hell is right! The movie not only hates its characters but its audience also. This isn't art.
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  4. KenB.
    May 11, 2005
    9
    If this movie made you uncomfortable, then perhaps its truth has hit too close to home. This film is a frank exposure, not only of body parts, but of the endless conflict between the sexuallity of men versus that of women. I was fascinated by the honesty.
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  5. AdamR.
    Nov 28, 2004
    2
    I dare you to eat something after watching this mess.
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Metascore
29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 14 out of 19
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lisa Nesselson
    70
    Compact, ultra-explicit two-character pic about what transpires when a beautiful straight woman hires a handsome gay man to "look" at her is gloriously mannered, proudly pretentious and undeniably compelling.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    70
    Anatomy of Hell gives a feminist twist to a French literary tradition that goes back to the Marquis de Sade. It's also svelte, assured filmmaking.
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    10
    Anatomy of Hell offers one of the most hateful and mechanical representations of sexuality I've ever seen.
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