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Intimacy
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring Mark Rylance, Kerry Fox, Timothy Spall, Alastair Galbraith, Philippe Calvario, and Marianne Faithfull
This intense film depicts the purely sexual relationship between a lonely man (Rylance) and a married woman (Fox).
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Patrice Chéreau
Anne-Louise Trividic Hanif Kureishi (also story and novel) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Patrice Chéreau |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 23, 2003 Video: September 23, 2003 Theatrical: October 19, 2001 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 119 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | France / UK / Germany / Spain |
Best Film, Best Actress (Fox), Best European Director, 2001 Berlin International Film Festival
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Andrew M. gave it a 6:
A better film than Romance (as the trend is to compare the two) but still not a film I would strongly recommend to anyone, especially family :-) It explores some deep emotional and human themes but how well it does that is really up to each individual viewer. This one was not overly affected.
Gilbert Mulroneycakes Live At The Hollywood Bowl gave it a 7:
Aaaaa! Not for the squeamish, but a worthy film. Ick! Without being dull. Eeeew.
Chad S. gave it a 6:
"Intimacy" is the sort of film you respect more than like. The use of full-frontal nudity and graphic sex worked better in "Romance" because the inherent art-house cache of a foreign language gave the horizontal gymnastics some levity. Since the actors speak English in "Intimacy", oral sex is just oral sex, thus feels closer to pornography. Kerry Fox's job is to distract us from the fact that her character is nothing more than a nymphomaniac by looking tortured. But Fox's performance is so good, she does. Still, I'm skeptical if vertical smiles and scrotums is a trend that's worth continuing.

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