User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7

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  1. ElliottM.
    May 3, 2002
    9
    Although it was undoubtedly the most disturbing film I have ever seen, it also featured such powerful acting, that I almost believed that what was actually happening on screen - was ACTUALLY happening. The director's neglect to restrain ANYTHING on screen makes the film so undoubtedly powerful that by the time the film is over, you can't get the images out of your head. And whether you like it or not (mostly not), you would have to say - that was exactly the point. Expand
  2. CarolH.
    Mar 18, 2004
    4
    A slow-moving film which I found myself longing to end! Vincent Gallo needs to cheer up and Beatrice Dalle is just loopy (as usual). Beautifully shot though, when the gory bits do come they are very shocking. I felt rather queasy! Too many questions were left unanswered - that's French cinema for you!
  3. JamesM
    Oct 27, 2006
    10
    Perfection, in every single way, but I just can't explain why. It contains one scene of absolutely carnage, and another which left me very, very unsettled, both of which were very disturbing and gory, but somehow they contributed to the bigger picture, lifting a moody, spectacularly structured film into a higher realm. The result is a bloody, brilliant, bold and overwhelming experience. The critics know nothing - this is one of the greats. Expand
Metascore

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. Something haunting is going on here, but it's as difficult for the viewers as it is for the characters to sink their teeth into anything truly satisfying.
  2. A demented, orgiastically gory vampire/sex parable.
  3. 50
    The extremely intimate violence is more explicit than is the mainstream norm, and Dalle's mouth is the stuff of nightmares.