2011 Directed by Steve McQueen
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
Michael Fassbender Carey Mulligan James Badge Dale Nicole Beharie Lucy Walters Mari-Ange Ramirez Alex Manette Hannah Ware Elizabeth Masucci Rachel Farrar Loren Omer Lauren Tyrrell Marta Milans Jake Siciliano Robert Montano Charisse Bellante Amy Hargreaves Anna Rose Hopkins Chazz Menendez Carl Low Calamity Chang Deedee Luxe Stanley Mathis Wenne Alton Davis
Shame: sin reservas, 셰임
95/100
A wailing and desperate cry of anguish and pain constructed within the leering jungle of NYC, Shame isn't so much a study of sexual addiction as it is a tortuous insight into crumbling relationships of the modern world. In Steve McQueen's film (which is possibly his masterpiece), feelings aren't told or even visualized as much as they're already within the details of the frame. Genuine conversation and aching truth make up every speck of grain from the gorgeous 35mm photography, and the result is a work of unpleasant frankness and harrowing sincerity.
Michael Fassbender is the obvious highlight here, and he's just as incredible, engaging, and unrelentingly sad as you'd expect from him in a role such as this,…
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This isn't a film about sex addiction. It's a film about a man torn in half by himself. The addiction is a mere vehicle for an exploration of control, humanity and self destruction.
Fassbender is amazing and easily gives one of the best performances I have seen in a couple of years. He is reprehensible, charming and unbelievably sad. His character, a man desperately running away from himself yet totally dependent on himself, is intriguing. What McQueen is able to do like no other director is to allow us to enter the mind of his characters. He is an observer and that is how he shoots his films,…
things i enjoyed
- the colour palette
- carey mulligan's performance
- the dialogue
things i did not enjoy
- watching michael fassbender pee
Sex addiction is often seen as a rather silly and trivial addiction, one that celebrities wheel out when their infidelities become public knowledge. Yet in Steve McQueen's second feature it is portrayed as potentially serious, debilitating and life destroying as drug or alcohol addiction. The film is as utterly empty as Brandon's own existence and whilst that may sound like a flaw it really isn't. McQueen puts you in his world and gets under the skin of Brandon's hollow life and ambiguous family backstory. It is odd coming out of a film where you feel so little, normally they aim to heighten emotions not numb them, but it is crucial in understanding the character and the world he inhabits for…
easiest 5 stars i've given out in a while it's just absolutely destroyed me i have no words
Review In A Nutshell:
Arguably, Shame finds director Steve McQueen at its peak, a sophomore opus that blends his arthouse sensibilities with commercial accessibility, a striking balance that never favours the latter over the former, neither condescending nor insulting, bolstered by a performance by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan that never ceases to be striking, constantly soulful in their existence and brimming with stimulation, a bond between siblings that may leave others discomforted, but for others provoked, essential to their characterisation and compelling in their subtleties. Demanding but deeply rewarding, Shame is an unforgettable piece, deliberate in its pacing and casual in its arc, it demonstrates an artistic flourish from McQueen that would seem likely to drift away as he currently finds himself in renowned fame, let us hope he remains true to his roots.
"We're not bad people. We just come from a bad place."
Absolutely powerful.
Great start December.
fuck i’m speechless rn. this was a great film but also one that i know i probably won’t be rewatching (atleast anytime soon) because of it’s strong emotional impact. it was very difficult to watch but the acting was phenomenal, and the storyline was important. michael fassbender carried the whole film. carey mulligan was a great addition too.
Two things I learned from this.
1. I need to watch Hunger as soon as possible, because 2. Steve McQueen is an absolute monster and is definitely top 5 directors at LEAST
easily one of the best films of the last decade. The performances , directing , dialogue is all perfect in this film a modern day masterpiece
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