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Movie Overview
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Ian Hendry
Yvonne Furneaux
Director
Roman Polanski
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Repulsion (1965)
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7/10
"A story of sexual repression of such magnitude necessarily treads on Freudian ground but Polanski resists any urge to plumb the psychological depths of his tortured protagonist."
DVDTown.com
Christopher Long
5/5
"its ability to conjure monsters from its heroine's id remains unparalleled"
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
A+
"Roman Polanski's1965 psychological thriller uncoils like a primordial poisonous snake disguised by unfathomable beauty that conceals its deadly feminine bite"
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
A
"This is an austere, scary, and timeless Grand Guignol work -- one with little dialogue."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
4/4
"Its two-way prism of audio-visual embellishments intuits a woman's fractured psyche and catches super-cool flashes of the audience's perverse cine-desires."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
"
Repulsion
wastes no time before plunging its audience into the frighteningly disturbed mindset of its central character."
DVD Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
4/4
"a riveting horror thriller, one that cuts through the simple and comforting categories of good and evil"
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
4.5/5
"The director deploys suspense techniques with surrealistic touches -- both of which would seem dated today were they not so sharply weaved together."
Film Threat
Matthew Sorrento
3.5/5
"A fascinating if slow-moving study of the onset of madness."
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
5/5
"Roman Polanski made his international name with this genuinely frightening black-and-white nightmare."
eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
5/5
"Its ability to conjure monsters from its heroine's id remains unparalleled."
Filmcritic.com
Rob Vaux
"... a masterfully conducted portrait in madness..."
Seanax.com
Sean Axmaker
"Although it cannot quite live up to its reputation, Polanski's startling psychological horror film is a bona fide genre classic."
Cinefantastique
Steve Biodrowski
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