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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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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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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
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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