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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
It could have been so much better, 29 Jul 2006
One of the most interesting comments made about Baise Moi was by the film's director, in an interview on the special features. When asked why she decided to shoot this film so graphically, Coralie answered, 'People shoot simulated sex scenes and i thought why just not shoot it for real.'
Okay, so its not a profound and affecting remark, but it does summarise this film. Picking up on the liberal attitutes of the French, this film simply wants to seem as if it is a feminist triumph, giving the two-fingers up to men.
Fair enough, with the sexually explicit scenes aside, this film could have showed much more potential. As the plot is rather thread bare-two rape victims go on a self-destructive downspiral crime spree-it is a film that heavily relies on characterisation. And that is where Baise Moi falls short.
We are not given two women who we care about, but just feel an indifferent numbness. They are fearless, but not neccesarily strong individuals, are sensual, but never play the victim for longer than five minutes. That is why the film is so disconcerting.
After the horrendous rape scene, the two women are relatively unaffected, and carry on, killing, drinking... picking up estranged men in bars...sorry, started to feel sligtht drowsy there.
Both women were former porn stars, who left the industry, as Karen says in an interview, 'Porn is disguisting and filthy', so why did she find this acting venture so advantageous?
The wonky camera work grates on your nerves, the locations are grubby and seedy and the icing on the cake-bland female leads.
Such a shame. The only reason this film received such media atention is because French censors wanted to plug the film shortly after its release, and if it shocked a liberal nation, what a great marketing strategy!
Basie Moi is not sexy, sultry, poignant, dramatic or embodies any contempory feminist ideals. Instead we have pretentious pornography, that is in denial, and instead thinks it is making a bold statement, when in fact, it gives out so many mixed messages.
A reviewer, on Amazon, of 'Anatomy of Hell', 'Who would hate women enough to make this film', But this film is written, produced, directed and stars women, but i can only think it is aimed at men. Who hates women so much to exploit them in such films? Well obviously other women do.
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well, I quite liked it!, 23 Sep 2005
This is an extreme film, and a glance at the many reviews on here will demonstrate that it provokes extreme reactions. All these people comparing 'Baise-Moi' to 'Thelma and Louise' and finding it wanting by comparison are missing the point. 'Baise-Moi' has much more in common with films like 'Natural Born Killers' and Rafal Sielinski's 'Fun', and viewers who won't enjoy the nasty music, nasty violence and nasty sex should stick to safe, predictable Hollywood production-line films. 'Baise-Moi' is a crude but exhilarating walk on the wild side which definitely won't be to most people's taste, and that's fine. For those with stronger stomachs, this will be a cult film to watch repeatedly.
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Amazingly Pathetic, 4 Jan 2004
I have to say I read alot of reviews of Baise Moi, and I felt that 'Daily Mail', over conservative reviews may have yet again missed the point, and the picture may have depth beyond the hype. Films like 'A Ma Soeur', 'I Stand Alone' and 'Irreversible', all of which border on genius, had been cut down by the very same ignorant, defensive garbage. However Baise Moi is so bad, to even mention it in the same sentence as those aforementioned movies is an insult to modern French cinema.
It's not the cheap sex, which really is just hollywood milieu taken and grossly exaggerated with poor production values. That just irrelevancy, as is the violence, cheap, meaningless and pointless. Amusing in it's shallowness. The real failure of this movie, is to be completely lacking in irony, subtext, intelligence or justification. I feel many confuse responsibility with justification. These film makers can indulge in any graphic explosion they like in relevance to the viewer. Unfortunately they cannot do so when it comes to the storyline, motivation and fundamental premise. It's truly laughable, and you'll be angry you fell for the lure of hype. The acting and execution, aswell as the writing and production is all at porn film standard. With porn this is fine, the film holds another purpose, with Baise Moi it leaves with the empty husk, of an unchallenging piece of garbage. Not deserving titles of provocative and daring. It's not, it's crap.
The feminist, social commentary overture, is completely handicapped by the films embarassing appearance removing all legitimacy. Famous scenes of violence, like the anal rape with the gun are closer to 'Evil Dead' than 'Irreversible', just ugly rather than effecting. The acting will anger and frustrate you, as will the stylish for the sake of it direction. They don't even seem to try to justify the actions these two women take, displaying no emotional turmoil, and not even giving us enough time to see their actions as anything but bizzarre repulsive fantasy.
I wanted to enjoy it, but it's impossible.
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