1. MkM

   10

   Unlike anything I have ever scene. A completely brilliant piece of visual art. The strangest part is that it actually succeeds in drawing a narrative from a largely wordless, largely abstract series of gorgeous camera stunts. The opening credits alone will draw applause in a movie theater (they did when I went). And, even if you find yourself frustrated by certain aspects of the movie, you will still be blown away by the way it looks. This is one of the most beautifully shot films in history. The cinematographer was Marc Caro from Amelie and City of Lost Children fame. This is easily the best looking movie he's ever been a part of, and that's saying A LOT. This is a completely unique experience, though admittedly not for everyone.… Expand

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2. thestephanie

   8

   At times delightful, at times mortifying, Enter the Void is a release from logic, a purely emotional thrill ride that makes no sense, but definitely thrums a cord.… Expand

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3. Pnorman

   5

   I (as long as the other movie-goers at my theater) were less impressed by "Enter The Void" than most of the critics. I read that this movie isn't very "audience-friendly" but is still an important piece of cinema to watch, this is a good summation of how I felt about this film, although I underestimated how un-entertaining this film would be. There is no doubt that this film is excellently shot, and tries to do many bold things, including having the first twenty minutes being a first person view of the protagonist's DMT-fueled hallucination, along with hearing his every thought and experiencing him blink every 30 seconds. Unfortunately, it goes downhill from there, as after he gets killed, the audience is treated to a 2 hours and forty minute overdose of pathos to his unlikeable sister and entourage of friends. For a movie so steeped in Buddhist mythos, there is very little philosophical or spiritual content to be had. Many scenes of his childhood trauma and later drug use are unnecessarily repeated, as are endless robotic and unerotic sex scenes involving his sister and all the other characters. Despite my problems with it, it is still worth a watch for it's trippy visuals, interesting camera work, and it's take on literal slice of life filming… Expand

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4. JUIKER

   3

   I wanted to like this movie and I wanted it to get better but it never did. Long, tedious shots of blinking lights and pans through walls and over rooftops are not my idea of storytelling. The movie intends to be artful, perhaps, but there is nothing artful at all about the director's inability to pace this properly. In between the unbearably long scene changes there is a highly original (if relentlessly dreary) story based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead as seen through the eyes of a young drug casualty. I would say that the director is obviously misanthropic, too, and that's not a view I share. (Maybe that's the key, then. Maybe he's trying to tell the audience, "Look at what a bunch of idiots you are, sitting through all this turgid nonsense.")
   
   Anyway, it's horrible in a variety of ways but I'll give him points for telling an original story (which would have been about a half hour long) and going some places movies have never gone before (but going many more places no movie has a right to bother).… Expand

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