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Enter the Void Review

Movies.com Critics

4.0

Dave White Profile

A seizure-inducing death trip. Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    69

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    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety Rob Nelson

    Not clever enough to be truly pretentious.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    Many flashbacks to the children's early trauma, along with other scenes, are unnecessarily repeated several times.

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  • 42

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Director Gaspar Noé proved a shock poet in "Irreversible" (2003). In Enter the Void, he's a shockingly tedious show-off.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    A mash-up of the sacred, the profane, and the brain-dead, Enter the Void is addictive.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

    As pure, outlandish outlaw cinema it's undeniable.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

    Suffice to say, unrelenting material like this isn't for everybody. That it is a gloriously filmic gesture - by turns jaw-dropping, elusive, silly, obnoxious, painful and beautiful - is celebration enough.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    With beauty, mild and sharp jolts, and mesmerizing camerawork, he (Gaspar Noe) tries to open the doors of perception.

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