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Movie Overview
Cast
• Fernando Rey
• Carole Bouquet
• Ángela Molina
Director
• Luis Buñuel
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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B
"The swan song film for the legendary Spanish filmmaker."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

4/4
"From Un Chien Andalou to That Obscure Object of Desire, Luis Buñuel spent almost 50 years cataloging the frustrated romantic desires of his characters."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

82/100
"Only Buñuel can make coldness burn with intoxicating sensuality."  Film and Felt  Gabe Leibowitz

4/4
"like many of Buñuel's works, a perversely funny film, especially in the way he undercuts conventional notions of both romance and cinema"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

A
"Buñuel's pot shots in That Object of Desire are well-planned provocative scenarios that show just how difficult it is to understand sexual desires."  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

A-
"That Obscure Object of Desire is an intoxicating descent into one man’s experience of the emotional terrorism intended to shake him from his ways."  Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema  Mark Pfeiffer

4.5/5
"One might call it a gimmick, but I saw it as a stroke of genius."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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