Très cérébrale, excellent film.

People calling this bleak, merciless, over-the-top, or people saying they have walked out, are the people who should not have seen this movie in the first place, because they have missed the point. The point of this movie, as Roger Ebert notes, is to present you with the act of vengeance, and the crime, before showing you what life was like before that. It's antichronological nature forces you to view the actions reprehensibly a priori, the pregnancy twist is stupid, should have been left out.

what a good movie...and there is a rape scene in this movie that is way too real and oh my god is this movie brutal and unapologetic....awesome stuff

Great. A story of life. The story here is told in reverse in segments, each segment being one long unedited cut. We are shown the revenge, the rape and life before it. The film portrays unbearably tragic violence and heart-achingly beautiful personal moments. Vincent Cassel is at the top of his game and Miss Bellucci turns in a surprisingly effective performance as well. A visceral masterpiece that must be experienced. Highly Recommended.

His critics say that Noé use his movies as a weapon to spread multi-violence and brainless brutality, but that is not the truth. He takes focus to the dark side of humans mind, to deviant and dark doings of unconscionable people. It is reality. Irreversible is an exhausting but worthwhile trip into fear, despair and desperation that leads to only one possibility: decay.

Shut the curtains, turn up the volume, press play and slowely curl into the foetal position, with a terrifying skull crushing and drawn out rape scene it's certainly realistic, but not for the faint of heart, advice- Don't smoke any illegal plants before you watch, you'll regret it.

Well told but coulda gone without those 15 minutes

Probably the most intense movie I never want to watch again.

Pure Shock film. if you're in the mood for being disgusted/pissed off or otherwise unnerved, or if you feel like causing those emotions for someone else, then by all means put this in and watch it. It's almost guaranteed to offend you in one way or another, that was the purpose of the movie afterall.

Very difficult to sit through, but I can't deny its amazing potency as a piece of art.

the way the scenarist tells the story is a new form but the story , full of disgusting sexual scenes that makes me very angry . khak bar sare ahmagheshoon .

"Irreversible" is perhaps one of the most controversial films ever made. Noe is a gifted director, there's no doubt about that. His long, unbroken takes are truly excellent. This is also a film that contains a great deal of violence. However, despite the director's excessive, showy style and the reverse chronology, I somehow remained untouched. I wasn't insulted by the violence, but I wasn't particularly moved or provoked either. "Irreversible" is interesting but, ultimately, it rings hollow.

I'm giving this a random positive score for now as I'm still not sure what I thought about it. The scenes within the club were hard to watch, and the rape seen did just go on and on but I loved the camera work/editing. The story telling and strobe light ending were effective. Its a hard one to know what you think about it.

The camera angles of this film persist throughout; what would have been an interesting film is lost in trying to keep up with where everything/everyone is.

This film is very tonal to say the least. Appropriate use of colors and the camerawork is far less a gimmick rather than what is intended. Despite a lot of people reactions to this; I felt it added a lot to the work. I personally enjoy movies out of sequence because it gives it that twist of lemon to sweeten it up a bit. The last half hour of the movie, wtih Alex and Marcus in bed is probably my favorite because it has some of the best dialogue and acting of the film.

This is powerful, this contains scenes that you may find emotionally crippling, this is structured in a creative way that is unique and emotionally uncompromising, this may be described as a brilliant piece of cinema making. However, it has waned for me somewhat over the years and perhaps on reflection I see something bold and profound in it that walks a tightrope above unnecessary trauma. Whether Noé strikes the balance is best left for you to judge.

It relied too much on the shock value of a few key scenes to leave an impact on the viewer. What's left is an inhuman shell of a film filled with characters that are impossible to sympathize with. Also, the camera work is very shoddy, with the rape scene being perhaps the only time it stops moving all over the place.