Possession

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no wasn’t even the same movie lmfaooo Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review unknown Movies wasn’t even that good, it was boring and most of the time just them fighting and getting naked Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/22 Full Review Jules N Il y a un délire mais je l'ai pas capté Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/23/24 Full Review Thomas W Absolute laughable mess. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review Wayne K The only English language film from European art-house director Andrzej Żuławski, Possession’s level of violence and the controversial subject matter evidentially ruffled a few feathers back in 1981, and its only in subsequent years that’s its reputation has grown. It has a very distinctive directing style and presentation, with camerawork designed to make you feel like a character in the scenes, and cinematography that aims to replicate the experience of slowly losing your mind. Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani turn in the most intense performances of their careers, something they themselves have admitted. While watching it, I was thinking how exhausting it must have been to do these scenes over and over again, but the results are on screen for all to see. There’s times where the actors go way over the top, the most notable example being the subway sequence, where Adjani overreacts so ridiculously that even Nicolas Cage would be telling her to tone it down. It’s not a mental breakdown, its a parody of a mental breakdown. Some parts of it are hard to take seriously for this reason, and the film loses steam towards the end, as if the director has used up all his good ideas but still had time to fill. But the majority of it is a compelling and intense character study of a couple at odds, unsure of how to process their emotions and taking everything out on each other. It’s not a film I’d be keen to rewatch, but watching it is certainly a unique experience, so that’s something to be appreciated. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/27/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 While Possession is certainly one-of-a-kind, I can't help but ultimately feel rather disappointed upon viewing, a confusing drama of murder, horror and intrigue, though it's all attractively directed. Andrzej Żuławski channels his personal heartbreak into primal horror, an overwhelmingly messy and gruelling watch even after it deals its hand. Its imaginative plot about the disintegration of marriage via eldrich horror is often overshadowed by stilted dialogue and unintentionally laughable performance from Isabelle Adjani. It's overly exaggerated with rarely a moment of cohesion, every movement feels like a convulsion, every reaction an explosion, every interaction a fight, every line of dialogue a scream. It gets tiresome very quickly. Sam Niel was my bright spot; I could watch him in anything, he commits to the film's ridiculousness and turns it into brilliance. The lack of incidental music further heightened the film's rough pacing, despite the lovely camerawork. Ultimately Possession is an oddly engrossing, energetic and bracing experience that takes no prisoners but is equally bizarrely funny in a bad way. Mark did nothing wrong. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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