SummaryAfter hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
Directed By:Roman Polanski
Written By:Pascal Bruckner, Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn
Bitter Moon
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
57% Positive
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Polanski has created his funniest and possibly his cruelest movie: a thoroughly warped tale of sexual obsession that leaves its quartet of lust-driven characters with nowhere left to hide. [18 Mar 1994, p.D3]
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Adapted by Polanski and his longtime collaborators Gerard Brach and John Brownjohn from a novel by Pascal Bruckner, Bitter Moon works as a kinky sex farce, comedy of manners and playful spin on national stereotypes. [22 Apr 1994, p.AE15]
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Bitter Moon is wretched excess. But Polanski directs it without compromise or apology, and it's a funny thing how critics may condescend to it, but while they're watching it you could hear a pin drop.
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If you're in the mood for some enjoyable depravity, Bitter Moon is quite a trip. [15 Apr 1994, p.05]
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Bitter Moon would be a camp classic if it weren't so dispiriting watching Roman Polanski cannibalize and then finally parody himself into narrative and artistic collapse. The film's big problem is that it's so totally devoid of the sexual energy it needs to traverse the gantlet of perversity through which Polanski sends it. [15 Apr 1994, p.94]
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This is bad melodrama, complete with hammy acting and purple prose, and far too long to be even passingly entertaining. It's soap opera quality, from beginning to sensationalistic end.
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Roman Polanski's English-language film released internationally two years ago also lays claim to being a kinky sex comedy, but the sex is predictably darker, and the laughs few and far between. [18 Mar 1994]
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Sep 20, 2022
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Certes, je subodorais la daube mais à ce point, tout de même, je ne m’y attendais pas… il faut dire que c’est adapté d’un bouquin français qui a l’air chiant à crever et que Polanski en a tiré à peu près deux heures vingt… à dormir debout ! Alors que pour tout dire, on s’en bat les (censuré) en force des frasques de ce couple à la mords-moi-le-(censuré) qui se regarde le nombril et rencontre un autre (gentil celui-là) couple de bobos en croisière (qui ne s’amuse… pas) et puis… ce n’est que blabla et re-blabla, retours en arrière (à Paris) mais pas la peine, puisque de toute façon… on dort déjà ! Certes, l’une des Seigner montre volontiers son cul mais ça ne suffit pas à nous sortir de la torpeur dans laquelle nous errons, en quête de la télécommande pour arrêter cette chienlit de film de merde le plus tôt possible.
Production Company:
- Canal+
- Columbia Pictures
- Les Films Alain Sarde
- R.P. Productions
- Timothy Burrill Productions
Release Date:Mar 18, 1994
Duration:2 h 19 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Haß kann nur gedeihen, wo Liebe ist... [Hatred can only develop when there is love...]
Awards
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Nomination
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
• 1 Nomination
