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Summary Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 41 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 344 User Ratings
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Summary Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life spirals out of control. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 41 Critic Reviews
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5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 41 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
29 Reviews
24% Mixed
10 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 344 User Ratings
7.7
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272 Ratings
17% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 344 User Ratings
7.7
79% Positive
272 Ratings
17% Mixed
57 Ratings
4% Negative
15 Ratings

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Production Company Searchlight Pictures, Film4, UK Film Council, Lipsync Productions, Alliance Films, Alliance, HanWay Films, See-Saw Films, Momentum Pictures, Prokino Filmverleih
Release Date Dec 2, 2011
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating NC-17
Genres
Golden Globes, USA
1 Nomination
CinEuphoria Awards
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations