Repulsion (re-release)
Royal Films International | Release Date: April 21, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
91
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Repulsion's depiction of a young woman's dissolution into madness is one of the most harrowing mental descents ever depicted onscreen. (Reviewed 11/24/97) Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
The cruelty of his methods aside -- and Polanski wasn't the first director to terrorize an actor for the sake of a performance -- Repulsion is a frightening, fiercely entertaining experience that holds up to time. (Review of May 1998 revival) Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
Repulsion has often been compared to "Psycho," but Polanski's film, rather than presenting a portrait of a psychotic killer from outside, pulls the audience into the crazed individual's mind. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
100
VarietyStaff (Not credited)
Repulsion is a classy, truly horrific psychological drama in which Polish director Roman Polanski draws out a remarkable performance from young French thesp, Catherine Deneuve. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
100
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
An absolute knockout of a movie in the psychological horror line has been accomplished by Roman Polanski in his first English-language film. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
100
EmpireKim Newman
If hell is in the details, Roman Polanski has captured it here in his disturbing portrait of falling into psychosis. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Roman Polanski's first film in English (1965, 105 min.) is still his scariest and most disturbing--not only for its evocations of sexual panic, but also because his masterful employment of sound puts the audience's imagination to work in numerous ways...As narrative this works only part of the time, and as case study it may occasionally seem too pat, but as subjective nightmare it's a stunning piece of filmmaking. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
The movie's shake-and-bake mix of "reality" and crumbling subjectivity is too deliberate to be about character--it is, rather, a game of movieness, a masquerade of Grand Guignol–as-psyche, virtually a parody of the surrealist's notion of consciousness bagged and tagged on celluloid. Read full review
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