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It felt unnecessarily drawn out by the second half of the film, but perhaps that is appropriate for a film about life, death, and rebirth. Characters were super effed up, but this is a Gaspar Noe film after all. It is not his best work IMO, but it was still solid work overall. The visual representations of both drug trips as well as death and spirit perception/flight were excellent, but eventually became a bit tedious as the narrative became a bit tiresome. I was ready for it to be over when it finally ended, but I was also glad I had watched/experienced it. Maybe that is how I will feel at the end of my own life…
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
08/21/23
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Zane E
Absolutely terrible. Surprised this got positive reviews. Sure it takes a trippy experience of taking an acid trip, but the ending was explicitly atrocious. A lot better drug movies out there like "Spun", "Requiem for a Dream", and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
08/02/23
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Dave S
It's probably fair to say that you shouldn't judge a movie by its opening credits, but that's not the case with Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void. If you can manage to handle the seizure-inducing pyrotechnics that Noe throws at the audience over the first couple of minutes as the credits roll, you should be able to handle the rest of the film. The premise is interesting – after being shot dead by the police in a grimy bathroom stall, the soul of a drug dealer spends the remainder of the movie floating around Tokyo looking back on his tragic childhood and observing those he has left behind, all from the dead man's point of view. It is visually fascinating (and dizzying…and, at times, disgusting) throughout, a technical marvel in every respect. However, the story grows a bit thin over the 160-minute running time and the whole exhausting exercise feels like it runs out of steam about half way through. You can't help but think that this would be something truly special had Noe opted to rein in some of the considerable excesses.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
05/26/23
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altron64
This film is an absolute hidden masterpiece!
Extremely deep, traumatizing, trippy, dark, mesmerizing, sexual, and beautiful all at the same time. Though the pacing is long at a nearly 3 hour run time, it keeps you intrigued the whole way through. Mindblowing acting work…you feel the trauma dripping from the main characters.
The drug use is quite realistic and is practically flashback inducing to anyone who's ever experienced a rave or club lifestyle to the fullest.
The grimey atmosphere mixed with colorful mind altering camera work creates for a fully immersive, albeit, slightly trauma inducing story.
There are some graphic sexual parts, but let it be known that this movie made expert work out of the realistic nature of sex and didn't just use it as some gimmick. This film depicts light and dark and everything in between. It does not adhere to ratings and censorship…and I completely respect it. This isn't just some drug movie…it's a full on heart wrenching experience of loss and death with a shell of party lifestyle to tie it all together.
Enter the Void will leave you with an impact. It is a surreal masterpiece of tragedy and beauty in a hallucinogenic pallet of cinematography.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
04/28/23
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Kevan K
Tedious, egotistical, traumatic, somewhat philosophical and epileptic.
It's a shame because the themes of life, death, childhood innocence, psychedelics, parenthood, sex, money and life are interesting. Yet there's no clear direction as it's pervaded by excessive camera tricks, flashing lights, sex scenes, psychedelic visuals and people doing drugs. It feels like it is trying too hard to be edgy, impressive, shocking but it takes away from the story telling. The lighting, visual effects and mood are commendable but obnoxiously used which takes away from their power. Psychedelics and plant medicines if used correctly can be highly consciousness expanding, transcendental, spiritual experiences. This paints them in a very one dimensional way and it tried too hard to reference too many types of drugs when the focus was supposed to be on DMT. It was confused. Is it trying to be mainly a story about dealing with death, DMT, childhood trauma, the living dead lifestyle of modern people, the sad lifestyle of drug abusers and sex workers, the loss of childhood innocence or a showcase of a style of film making? By trying to be too many things at once it fails to do anything outstandingly. It's flashing, cutting, panning, zooming and attention seeking far too often to allow any of the philosophical themes to resonate properly. Many scenes are quite traumatic such as the children in the car crash. It felt like a movie made to help the directors process their own unresolved traumas and psychedelic trips. It felt heavy and wounded. I found myself wanting it to end. DMT should be used in a sacred manner, not as some tool for a junkie to try when he has exhausted everything else. One should not be walking around in a big city trying to deliver drugs while on DMT. It's much more than some trippy visuals. It's a complete philosophical and existential rollercoaster which this film failed to convey. Had potential but not impressed.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
03/09/23
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Holy T
I thought infinity pool was trippy this movie makes that movie look like a Mc Donald's Happy Meal jokes aside the cinematography was out of this world the dialogue was also amazing and easily is Gasper Noe's best film.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/13/23
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