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Baise-moi (2001)

June. 01,2001
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4.4
| Drama Thriller Crime Romance

Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip. They choose to have sex when they please and kill when they need. Leaving a trail of mischief and dead bodies in their wake. Generating a media blitz and manhunt, soon everyone is out to capture the young fugitives.

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SnoReptilePlenty
2001/06/01

Memorable, crazy movie

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Fairaher
2001/06/02

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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Kien Navarro
2001/06/03

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Allison Davies
2001/06/04

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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davidjonesx
2001/06/05

I'll try again, because this movie proves once and for all--- cinema is not art. Nor is photography, Andy! Blacklist me. Actors and Actresses... don't exist in my world. Thelma and Louise revisited. (but which came first? I think it was Thelma &Louise.) Porn is no longer a viable medium. Feminism is more often than not misogyny in film. Boys enjoy humiliation... and then btches get it in the end. Vachelettres would like to show U the other side of Romance & Love... maybe you'll get it, maybe not. I don't care. I wrote it for myself. If only Rape Me would've been made without commercial consideration and included no rape porn etc... Am I an uptight Ol Fogy? Yes I am. I still believe in God, Romance, Human Values, LOVE (Lou Reed remains relevant... will always remain relevant).

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zardoz-13
2001/06/06

Former prostitute Virginie Despentes and former porn actress Coralie Trinh Thi co-directed this pedestrian crime thriller about two women on the rampage who have no qualms about killing anybody who gets in their way. Comparisons between this trash and Ridley Scott's acclaimed "Thelma and Louise" are inevitable, but "Baise-Moi" lacks virtually anything and everything that a good movie needs. Two ruthless thugs rape two women in a garage, and these two unfortunate girls, Nadine (Karen Lancaume) and Manu (Raffaëla Anderson), obtain guns and then launch a shooting spree. They rob a woman at an ATM and riddle several men. Most of the men and women that they murder don't deserve their fate. A lot has been written about the explicit sex scenes in this movie. Actually, you could probably find a much more explicit example of this kind of pornography. The two female directors do show penetration, but they don't show much of anything on the girls. Breast shots are held to an absolute minimum. The film contains no vestiges of humor. Nadine likes to rip the nylons that she wears before she has sex. These two are not only unsavory but also unsympathetic. The performances are forgettable. About the only scene that strikes an interesting note occurs early when one girl cries and struggles against the advances of one rapist and gains the attention of the other rapist. When the two rapists switch girls, Nadine neither cries nor struggles, and the rapist turns her loose. Perhaps there is a veiled message. The pornography takes up a minor percentage of the action. The dialogue--even in subtitles--is just as forgettable. Clocking in at 77 minutes, "Baise-moi" is mercifully brief. For the record, Nadine dies when she tries to hold up a store, and Manu is captured by the authorities as she contemplates suicide. No matter what you read about this superficial saga, you are wasting your time with his potentially interesting epic lensed from the perspective of the porn industry..

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billcr12
2001/06/07

The listing is Rape Me, but another translation of the title is f**k me, which is interesting given the graphically violent subject matter. In a small town in France, Nadine, a prostitute, and Manu, a drifter who has done some acting in porn, unite and go on a killing spree. Manu and a friend are gang raped by three men. The other girl screams and fights, while Manu just lies back quietly. Later, when her brother finds out what happened, and asks who they are, and she won't tell him, he calls her a slut and she shoots him in the head. Nadine fights with her roommate over the rent, whom she kills before leaving with the rent money. She hooks up with Manu, and they head out on an eventful road trip, which begins with the holdup of a store and the killing of a woman at an ATM. These two take no prisoners. It escalates to a sex club, where they kill everyone in sight. The pair become cause celebres, with the public divided on them. Baise Moi is explicit in its depiction of sex and violence, with a grungy, low budget feel to the final product. Natural lighting was used and the two leads are actually adult film actresses. They are very convincing as amoral fellow travelers. I can assure anyone not easily offended, that this crime drama will not be soon forgotten.

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Mark J. Repp
2001/06/08

I will admit that I read the other reviews before I saw this film. Now I will try to be objective. This is NOT a revenge movie. Anyone calling it that has not seen it. True, one of the women has been raped, but she doesn't seem to care, nor does she want revenge. The other woman who joins her simply wants excitement. If you have to compare this to an American film, try "Natural Born Killers." That is closer in tone and theme than "Thelma & Louise" because there is nothing to like about these characters. They are cold-blooded, merciless killers who go on a rampage and enjoy murdering and having sex. Sometimes they kill the people they have sex with; other times they don't. But the bottom line is that this is truly bad filmmaking. It looks like something made by a pair of high school dropouts with no idea what the point of their film is. It is shot on video (not film), features adult film actresses, unrealistic violence, and has no impact. About half-way through, you may ask yourself why it was made. It really goes nowhere. Even if was a revenge film, it still wouldn't have been any good, because of the poor acting, poor production value and the fact that the first-time directors just haven't sharpened their talent yet. Who is the target audience for this? A porno audience? The horror film audience? It doesn't hit the mark in either genre. Who cares about the explicit sex and violence if it's so poorly made that you can't take it seriously? That is definitely the case with "Baise-moi."

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