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Repulsion

Repulsion

1965
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 45m
Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies of seduction and rape. (imdb)

Directed by:

Roman Polanski

Screenwriter:

Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, David Stone

Starring:

Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, John Fraser, Renee Houston, James Villiers, Valerie Taylor, Helen Fraser, Hugh Futcher, Monica Merlin, Imogen Graham

Genres:

Suspense/Thriller, Horror

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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Repulsion

1965
Suspense/Thriller, Horror
1h 45m
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kubricksuckskubricksucks
Rated 13 Dec 2009
60
14th
only a rapist could make such a boring film about rape
Rated 13 Dec 2009
beedubBeeDub
Rated 25 Jul 2015
78
39th
Not the masterpiece its reputation would suggest. Denueve is great as the autistic/schizophrenic virgin with deep-seated sexuality issues, but since we're given none of her backstory or any humanizing personality traits, we're never allowed to empathize with her. Thus, her inevitable breakdown carries no sense of tragedy - we're simply watching an insane woman go even more insane. Also, as Polanski himself admits, this movie is way too slow.
Rated 25 Jul 2015
boyakashaboyakasha
Rated 25 Jun 2011
20
1st
Quite possibly one of the most boring movies I've ever had to endure. To call this slow is an understatement. The main character is boring and apathetic throughout the film, she has no personality but obvious issues with her sexuality and goes insane for unknown reasons. The movie can actually be compared to Taxi Driver in terms of (un)eventfulness, so if you thought that movie was good you might like this as well. How anyone could call this horror or suspense is beyond me though.
Rated 25 Jun 2011
alex_watkinsAlex Watkins
Rated 28 Sep 2009
5
91st
One of the most intense and frightening movies I've ever seen. Polanski had a real skill for the macabre and his portrayal here of a shattering, paranoid psyche is incredible. I've rarely felt this uneasy during a movie.
Rated 28 Sep 2009
cclzaCCLZA
Rated 22 Aug 2007
90
95th
Shocking, raw and chilling, this thriller is a masterpiece of the genre, and you will never see Deneuve the same way again.
Rated 22 Aug 2007
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
92nd
Absolutely riveting, a perfectly realized portrait of a fragile psyche imploding. It's stylistic, it's creepy, and it's got to be a major influence on Eraserhead.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
terrymacterrymac
Rated 19 Nov 2018
92
98th
Patiently paced, unnerving and occasionally surreal, Deneuve shines in this wonderfully-made examination of a young woman unravelling quite spectacularly. I feel like I've seen its influence on numerous occasions; David Lynch is the first name that springs to mind. I also learned that the DP Gilbert Taylor worked on both Star Wars and Flash Gordon, which pleased me for some reason, Anyway, this is great, and you should watch it.
Rated 19 Nov 2018
spanksSpanks
Rated 15 Nov 2011
95
98th
I had no idea that film could get this good. No doubt it is the best psychological horror of all time; everything is flawless from the score to the pacing to the writing. Deneuve's acting is top notch and she gives the most convincing and accurate portrayal of mental illness in cinema to date. Raw, chilling and engrossing with some of the best symbolism ever thought of - I can't praise this masterpiece from Polanski enough. Simply tranquil.
Rated 15 Nov 2011
pompousasspompousass
Rated 18 Nov 2010
100
98th
Polanski's brilliantly crafted and profoundly morbid thriller about a London manicurist who harbors a consuming hatred of sex, and who, when her stable sister leaves town on a romantic holiday, goes spectacularly insane locked inside her flat -- the walls turn to putty, the carcasses putrify, and the outside world won't keep away. Catherine Deneuve is for the first time used counter to her serene, blank appearance.
Rated 18 Nov 2010
evranaevrana
Rated 26 Sep 2010
52
16th
It was not my cup of tea at all. Generally, journeys into madness are interesting; but this one was rather dull and unconvincing. Aside from a great musical score and 1-2 creepy scenes, it was really boring. I like Polanski, but this one is very overrated.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 28 Jul 2010
5
93rd
An utter masterpiece from Roman Polanski, something unsettling and genuinely frightening. Perception and reality become warped, imparted through expressive cinematography and sound design, packed with details that give the film incredible texture. It's a testament to her ability that the typically provocative bombshell Catherine Deneuve is able to give a virginal, repressed role such impact. The heart of her performance is in her eyes, distant and impenetrable.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
caimancaiman
Rated 13 Apr 2010
93
96th
A creepy, disturbing, deliberately paced psychological trip. Polanski creates an amazing sense of unease and confusion, and leaves just enough ambiguity for us to chew on. The black and white cinematography is gorgeous, and the main actress plays her subdued role with a perfect amount of subtle strangeness. A very well made and intriguing thriller that deserves to be pondered and studied.
Rated 13 Apr 2010
paulofilmopaulofilmo
Rated 12 Mar 2010
68
38th
The perfect film until I watched it.
Rated 12 Mar 2010
purgatospurgatos
Rated 24 May 2009
87
86th
One of the most effective and chilling thrillers ever made. Deneuve does a very good job coming across as damaged, crazy and dangerous.
Rated 24 May 2009
paxtonPaxton
Rated 07 Apr 2012
96
96th
Polanski made this just as a means to an end in order to get funding for his Cul-de-Sac. Funny than that it turned out to be one of his best films.
Rated 07 Apr 2012
afx237viafx237vi
Rated 19 Feb 2011
95
98th
An intense and claustrophobic psychological thriller. The atmosphere is oppressive from the very start and only gets more unsettling as the film progresses towards its shocking climax. Deneuve's psychosis is handled in a sympathetic manner, although we're never left in any doubt about utterly insane she is. Polanski's cinematography is flawless, and I'm glad he didn't go overboard with the hallucinations. The ending is perfect - we're just left to wonder what happened to the girl in that photo.
Rated 19 Feb 2011
kasperlKasperL
Rated 29 Jan 2011
80
86th
Character study meets psychological thriller, kept constantly unnerving by the terrific photography which is sometimes intrusive but never gets between the audience and Deneuve's remarkable turn. Quite brilliant.
Rated 29 Jan 2011
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 11 Dec 2010
70
63rd
Great visual style, but not much interesting happens until the last half hour. People comment that this film is about a young woman going mad, but it seemed to me that the chick was totally wacko from the beginning. Definitely creepy and scary in parts despite being kinda dated.
Rated 11 Dec 2010
antitypeantitype
Rated 10 Jul 2010
90
92nd
I love the atmosphere of this film. I love Deneuve's hair, which seems to have been created for black & white film. The slow crumbling into deranged paranoia due to shattering psyche (illustrated to great effect by cracking walls) feels like a precursor to even more hallucinatory films like Woman in the Dunes, Eraserhead, etc. If you like those, you need to see this.
Rated 10 Jul 2010
graveyardtangraveyardtan
Rated 25 Aug 2009
90
84th
A classic "slow burn" of a movie that sets itself on self-destruct and steps back, letting the insanity seep in until everything collapses around its protagonist.
Rated 25 Aug 2009
stainStain
Rated 22 Mar 2007
100
95th
Two hours of Catherine Deneuve going ABSOLUTELY INSANE in her apartment. One of the most scary and disturbing movies ever produced
Rated 22 Mar 2007
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 03 Feb 2007
72
32nd
Deneuve gives a great performance, but her character just isn't one I'm especially interested in. The entire film goes a bit too far in terms of style over substance making it feel somewhat tedious and empty. It is a great visual and atmospheric achievement from Polanski, though.
Rated 03 Feb 2007
k177105k177105
Rated 08 Jun 2020
78
49th
Classic presentation of withdrawal from and repulsion against sexuality.
Rated 08 Jun 2020
mustunseeMustUnsee
Rated 16 Apr 2017
69
46th
Roman Polanski just walked up to the psychosexual master of suspense and said "my crown now"
Rated 16 Apr 2017
triptolemosTriptolemos
Rated 30 Mar 2016
30
23rd
Once again Roman Polanski comes up with an interesting idea that he completely fails to combine with a compelling plot. What could have been a gripping case study of a traumatized rape victim turned out to be one of the most bland and uninteresting movies I've seen in quite some time.
Rated 30 Mar 2016
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 07 Mar 2016
8
79th
I AM ALONE AND I CANT DEAL BECAUSE IM CRAZY. Sorry can't relate..... oh wait its 2016 and that's everyone. Little chilling.
Rated 07 Mar 2016
noam_razNoam Raz
Rated 30 Apr 2015
70
70th
There are better ways to watch it, than with a pretty German in your arms, who had suffered from the same condition when he was at the age you were when you first attempted to watch it.
Rated 30 Apr 2015
rdinr.Din
Rated 10 Oct 2014
16
0th
A product of it's time. Only of interest to film historians, IMO.
Rated 10 Oct 2014
kough33kough33
Rated 02 Jul 2014
75
72nd
Neither a fan of Polanski nor horror movies, I got dragged into this one. In her mad world, it's sometimes hard to recognize the shapes and that's because of the strange lightening. Disturbing darkness was all over the place. All aside, why on earth does Polanski need to pick two fantastic French actresses for an English-language movie?
Rated 02 Jul 2014
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 26 Dec 2013
83
69th
Polanski certainly deserves credit 4 weaving something that must've been truly groundbreaking at the time; first person-POV's of descents in2 madnesss r still unusual. At the same time it's easy 2 c why critics in love with arthouse pretention labeled it a masterpiece given its "leisurely" pacing and its distaste 4 explanations, which insure the film is rife with entry-points for those eager 2 write dissertations on the Dialectics of Seriously Serious Cinema/The Male-Gaze/Feminism, etc., etc!
Rated 26 Dec 2013
walkenrollWalkenRoll
Rated 04 Jun 2013
80
74th
That was intense, although I'll have to watch it again in the future to make sure I saw what I saw - it was 2am, after all. You know somethings up and then all of a sudden...BAM! You're covered in hot chocolate and you have no idea what just happened. Films rarely make me spill stuff all over myself, so this gets a high rating just for doing that.
Rated 04 Jun 2013
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 30 Jan 2013
40
32nd
A confusing look at insanity. An incredibly beautiful girl seems mostly vacant. When her sister takes a vacation, she withdrawals to her apartment and slowly loses her grip on reality. She imagines being sexually attacked, and is barely able to react to the world around her. Then, inexplicably, she kills, and then kills again. The plot is sometimes boring, sometimes captivating. An old photo in the final scene shows her as a young girl already showing the madness in her eyes. Poignant but slow.
Rated 30 Jan 2013
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 16 Jan 2013
50
8th
I was bored to a degree that nary a moment passed where my eyes searched for something to look at other than the TV. Good job Polanski, I was repulsed indeed, but not in the way you intended.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
elysian_airElysian Air
Rated 06 Nov 2012
91
75th
For being the weakest out of Polanski's "apartment trilogy", Repulsion is certainly not without its merits: Catherine Deneuve's detached performance, charming blend of surreal dream sequences and claustrophobia, excellent black and white cinematography. I'm not entirely convinced by the progression of events, nor am I convinced by the dénouement, but even these apparent faults do little to subdue the raw emotional power. I love the confusion in the anticlimactic ending.
Rated 06 Nov 2012
spleenspleen
Rated 13 May 2012
84
82nd
Excellent film that laid the groundwork for every Lifetime original movie ever made. Double feature this with "Marnie" and all the sudden I don't feel so bad about being divorced.
Rated 13 May 2012
chr1sCHR1S
Rated 16 Mar 2012
70
50th
Paranoid madness. Very strong performance of Catherine Deneuve and very atmospheric.
Rated 16 Mar 2012
damildamil
Rated 16 Jan 2012
80
90th
It was quite slow to start off with, which might put some people off. But the second half has some great stuff. I found it to be genuinely unnerving and scary at times. I was uncomfortable and on-edge for some scenes. The dream/fantasy sequences were really well-done and effective. These were backed up especially by the very percussive score.
Rated 16 Jan 2012
nobletNoblet
Rated 21 Oct 2011
82
76th
Captures the point of view of one person as well as any movie ever has. A very stylish horror film.
Rated 21 Oct 2011
rufamRufam
Rated 02 Jun 2011
85
93rd
Initially indifferent, progressively involving, ultimately brilliant, Roman Polanski's (the master of the creepy) "Repulsion" has had a critical influence on several contemporary horror films, such as the recent "Black Swan". Deneuve is electrifying as the fragile beauty who slips into insanity, while Polanski's direction is skillful and fearless. The film was revolutionary for the time and it can still be chilling today.
Rated 02 Jun 2011
x_humanx-human
Rated 28 Jan 2011
60
17th
This is an elaborate 105 minute joke right? I was itching for my friends at MST3k to save me by riffing this. The only thing funnier than this movie are the trailers saying it was twice as good as Psycho.
Rated 28 Jan 2011
parcalihamparcaliham
Rated 17 Oct 2010
85
77th
#1207 - 17 ekim 2010 & polanski basarisiz ve etkisiz bir yonetmen, mukemmel bir senarist. imgesel anlatimi, atmosfer kurmadaki ogelerin kullanimi basarili - ama kamerasi zayif. sinemasi icten fakat hep bi eksiklik hissi hakim. / film o kadar duraganki, sanki karakterler agir cekim hareket ediyor! / bu film, polanski'nin hastalikli bir zihne sahip oldugunun acik kanitidir.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
neonmanNeonman
Rated 06 Sep 2010
92
94th
I first saw this film when I was in a really bad mood and it was the perfect thing to cheer me up. This film just wants to show you how much of a demented fuck it is. It's seriously fun, and Catherine Deneuve is psychotically hot in this one.
Rated 06 Sep 2010
adrianavbadrianavb
Rated 04 Jul 2010
82
94th
Catherine Deneuve rocks!
Rated 04 Jul 2010
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 30 Jan 2010
87
75th
A memorable film about loneliness and madness.
Rated 30 Jan 2010
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 13 Jan 2010
9
93rd
2,000th film! Creepy and pretty weird. I loved it. Slow in that really good way that only a good director can do. The cinematography is amazing and Deneuve always seems to be good.
Rated 13 Jan 2010
syvyyssyvyys
Rated 19 Nov 2009
93
97th
its like an unsetteling version of cocteaus beauty and beast - where the mind is a capricious animal, waitung to tear everything apart.
Rated 19 Nov 2009
abunchofcatsABUNCHOFCATS
Rated 01 Nov 2009
91
89th
This movie is relatively slow to start but it's one of the best films of a slow descent into madness that I've ever seen, horrifying and brilliant.
Rated 01 Nov 2009
eldred08Eldred08
Rated 31 Jan 2009
94
89th
I asked myself if that woman was really Catherine Deneuve.
Rated 31 Jan 2009
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 26 Sep 2008
76
76th
Didn't wow me as much as I'd hoped. Truthfully, I preferred The Tenant.
Rated 26 Sep 2008
amerigoamerigo
Rated 09 Aug 2008
89
94th
Take an Emily Dickinsonian paranoia of male sexuality and make it into a claustrophobic horror tale. As far as I can tell this is the harbinger of art ranging from the postmodern horror novel House of Leaves to the bizarre works of David Lynch.
Rated 09 Aug 2008
hehejajahehejaja
Rated 15 May 2008
100
99th
Wizardly distressing and mesmerizing.
Rated 15 May 2008
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 11 Oct 2007
80
91st
Polanski's first English language film, considered a classic psychological thriller, is a very well made, highly disturbing portrayal of a protagonist experiencing repression of sexuality, phobia, obsessive compulsive behavior, hallucination and paranoia, and eventually psychosis.
Rated 11 Oct 2007
tonydaltonydal
Rated 25 Sep 2007
35
8th
The hand thing's pretty creepy (still it's Art Art Art all the way).
Rated 25 Sep 2007
cinematicespCinematicESP
Rated 26 Feb 2007
92
91st
Scary, intense. Wonderful, gritty photography. Simple yet haunting.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
metalheimMetalheim
Rated 14 Oct 2023
75
44th
Haunting and disturbing, although the later movies like Chinatown are more thought out.
Rated 14 Oct 2023
petrostserPetrosTser
Rated 05 Sep 2023
60
45th
What "Repulsion" really succeeds in is the depiction of the protagonist's mental unraveling; Catherine Deneuve is very convincing as the listless Carol, the explicit and insinuated themes are hefty, and the photography and production design are suitably nightmarish. However, the narrative is pretty limited and even repetitive, the character insight is scarce, sometimes hallucinatory moments disrupt otherwise perfectly realistic scenes, and all in all the film never manages to truly captivate.
Rated 05 Sep 2023
bownBown
Rated 29 Oct 2022
74
32nd
Mixed on this!! The scenes with Deneuve alone in the apartment are very creepy and unbelievably well-made and performed but I thought basically anything else especially all the damn British dudes was really annoying. I like the depiction of the breakdown but there’s a lot around it that irritated me.
Rated 29 Oct 2022
shockularSHOCKULAR
Rated 02 Sep 2022
100
99th
Disturbing, horrific depiction of a damaged woman's descent into madness. It's generally accepted that she's schizophrenic--maybe--but seeing that as the focus is missing the point; it's a movie about the long term damage of childhood sexual abuse and indifference toward mental disorders and sexual assault. The slow camera movements adds immeasurably to the claustrophobic, paranoid tension I love so much in movies like Rosemary's Baby and The Conversation. Brilliant. A new personal favorite.
Rated 02 Sep 2022
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 12 Jul 2022
84
80th
2022'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 132. Repulsion (1965) Özellikle 2.yarısı olağanüstü. Ölümsüz bir klasik.
Rated 12 Jul 2022
rihreyrihrey
Rated 15 Nov 2021
66
89th
i thought it was really good but not as good as people say it is tbh. (polanski can rot ofc)
Rated 15 Nov 2021
mike365365mike365365
Rated 20 Aug 2021
44
9th
Everyone is wrong about this movie. It is boring.
Rated 20 Aug 2021
heynicefilmHeyNiceFilm
Rated 17 May 2021
73
34th
"A woman's descent into madness". It's been done before, no? Well, maybe not many times back in 1965. And maybe that's why I don't rate it as highly as others might. There is a gradual change from a drama into full blown psychological horror by the end. Nice little jazz accents throughout. There is something to say here about mental illness as well as perhaps feminism. It's not spelled out, so there's plenty of food for thought.
Rated 17 May 2021
larsvontrierLarsVonTrier
Rated 03 Feb 2021
5
99th
Oaaaahhhh!!! Deneuve is dazzling here. What a movie!
Rated 03 Feb 2021
simsorutsimsorut
Rated 10 Jan 2021
29
12th
Meh.
Rated 10 Jan 2021
fra_paolofra paolo
Rated 01 Sep 2020
67
75th
Haunting, but somehow safely distant.
Rated 01 Sep 2020
lintonmyroxylintonmyroxy
Rated 09 Jun 2020
91
94th
The fuck you mean no opening credits tracking shot of the nearby buildings?
Rated 09 Jun 2020
nathanbatesNathanBates
Rated 16 May 2020
80
78th
Still as powerful as it was when it first came out. Other than being agonizingly slow, this is a character-based horror story around madness and sex. I usually only give a fourth star to a movie I'd like to watch again, but the technical factors of the movie really do make it worth the better rating. (I am wondering why the smells didn't cause more people to investigate earlier....)
Rated 16 May 2020
movie_houseMovie House
Rated 09 Feb 2020
0
1st
directed by a convicted rapist who fled the country to avoid jail time.
Rated 09 Feb 2020
mpythonMpython
Rated 20 Aug 2019
8
75th
8-
Rated 20 Aug 2019
le_mamile mami
Rated 20 Aug 2019
20
13th
İzlerken ölücem sandım sıkıntıdan
Rated 20 Aug 2019
twinsofeviltwinsofevil
Rated 21 Feb 2019
98
79th
It made me go insane and I was loving it
Rated 21 Feb 2019
ceekay19Ceekay19
Rated 25 Nov 2018
70
54th
Carol: "We must get this crack mended."
Rated 25 Nov 2018
fenixdownfenixdown
Rated 03 Sep 2018
83
87th
Tackles an interesting theme that is still relevant today. I really liked this style of camera work.
Rated 03 Sep 2018
yiannosYiannos
Rated 08 Jan 2018
68
66th
Repulsion still seems provocative today, at least thematically, but it suffers from pacing problems in the first half that are even acknowledged by the director as an issue. Unlike Rosemary's Baby, there doesn't appear to be much subtext either, which, combined with the lack of psychology and visceral thrills, renders the mental decline of a troubled young beauty played well by Deneuve to be without much consequence. It's respectably crafted, but it isn't one of Polanski's best thrillers.
Rated 08 Jan 2018
tipartipar
Rated 22 Nov 2017
100
99th
Should be studied in all pshycologic/phsychiatric schools.
Rated 22 Nov 2017
fancymikeFancyMike
Rated 17 Nov 2017
4
60th
Catherine Deneuve is just the best
Rated 17 Nov 2017
montycircusMontyCircus
Rated 10 Nov 2017
20
12th
a.k.a. "No Means No". In real life, at least a dozen characters in the film would have said "Come on girl, we're taking you to the hospital." It's like a student film of someone who saw part of a Hitchcock movie once as a small child.
Rated 10 Nov 2017
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 18 Jul 2017
81
79th
How strange! I speak to my sister in French.
Rated 18 Jul 2017
deaddillydeaddilly
Rated 26 Nov 2016
80
72nd
A slow and violent descent into madness where no character or place feels safe. An excellent paranoiac thriller.
Rated 26 Nov 2016
tipar822tipar822
Rated 23 Nov 2016
100
99th
Should be studied in all pshycologic/phsychiatric schools.
Rated 23 Nov 2016
ryan_luedersRyan Lueders
Rated 24 Oct 2016
51
9th
The only repulsion I felt during this movie was the fact that I was tricked into thinking this movie was a horror film. This art-house thriller involves an incredibly boring Catherine Deneuve who at times shows some brilliance and for the rest of the time she looks like a bored empty shell of a human. The description of this movie is about a sexually confused girl, except I guess the only confusion she has...
Rated 24 Oct 2016
toddsaltertoddsalter
Rated 28 Sep 2016
86
36th
Sufficiently weird for my taste, but not sufficiently good.
Rated 28 Sep 2016
igormacheteigormachete
Rated 18 Jul 2016
58
16th
I can't believe this movie gets so much praise. It's neither scary nor suspenseful, let alone entertaining. At least the cinematography is nice, and I liked the cracking walls
Rated 18 Jul 2016
jbynjbyn
Rated 03 Jan 2016
94
96th
Repulsion is one of the best slow burn movies I have ever seen. It is paced perfectly, and all of the stillness made the moments of suspense so much more effective. Polanski captured some of the most beautiful black and white cinematography in film history. I love the way the film begins by focusing on a pair of anxious eyes darting while the title sequence appears at different angles. It accomplishes an unstable atmosphere that is completed symmetrically by ending on the same set of eyes.
Rated 03 Jan 2016
troothTrooth
Rated 16 Oct 2015
77
75th
This is a good example of psychological horror. That horror comes not from manipulating the viewer psychologically, but from seeing the actions, even the thoughts of a very psychologically disturbed person. The horror that that person lives is the focus of the movie.
Rated 16 Oct 2015
judo_koalaJudo Koala
Rated 12 Aug 2015
82
83rd
The final shot makes devastating the portrayal of a girl's descent into psychological madness by way of childhood trauma. Few films capture a state of mind in such harrowing, chilling fashion, photographed in such a manner as to simultaneously portray both the chaos within Deneuve's mind and the surreal landscape only she bares witness to. Chico Hamilton's frenetic jazz score wonderfully supports the disarray experienced both by Deneuve and the spectator.
Rated 12 Aug 2015
flipwhitmanFlipWhitman
Rated 27 May 2015
90
91st
I would acquit Polanski based on the hand scene alone
Rated 27 May 2015
xanadontXanadont
Rated 06 Nov 2014
2
57th
in reptrospect it should have been obvious that Polanski would be involved in multiple sexual harassment lawsuits.
Rated 06 Nov 2014
closefriendCloseFriend
Rated 05 Oct 2014
77
68th
Well, this explains the failure of Carol Ledoux's brief career as a house-sitter.
Rated 05 Oct 2014
redactedredacted
Rated 03 Aug 2014
73
54th
A blonde Belgian man-hater suffers deep-mental trauma one weekend, after she is forced to stave off multiple suitors with household weaponry.
Rated 03 Aug 2014
mrcarmadyMrCarmady
Rated 30 Mar 2014
84
52nd
effective misandry, great stuff from deneuve
Rated 30 Mar 2014
thereeldealthereeldeal
Rated 14 Mar 2014
85
91st
The first of Roman Polanski's so-called "apartment trilogy", Repulsion explores much of the same themes of the succeeding two films in its own way. Paranoia and phobia run the show here, with some astonishing camerawork during the dream sequences. Chico Hamilton's chaotic jazz score raises your blood pressure through all the thrills. Both fascinating and perfectly compact at 104 minutes, Repulsion is a must-watch.
Rated 14 Mar 2014
qwershadyqwershady
Rated 03 Mar 2014
75
57th
good visual effect for 1965
Rated 03 Mar 2014
sophiesophie
Rated 20 Oct 2013
75
68th
It was pretty good, even though I liked the Tenant better
Rated 20 Oct 2013
bofbof
Rated 19 Aug 2013
81
86th
Yes, it's exploitative without as much depth as it could have had, and it's hard to unthink the (completely unintended, of course) retroactive iffiness of Polanski making a movie about rape trauma (if that's what it is), but it's still a remarkably effective thriller. Truly unsettling, thanks both to Deneuve's acting and Polanski's trickery with camera angles and sound (god, that ticking clock) pulling us into Carole's mind until we start cracking with her.
Rated 19 Aug 2013
glm01glm01
Rated 10 Aug 2013
89
97th
89.000
Rated 10 Aug 2013
rthornhillrthornhill
Rated 04 Aug 2013
55
4th
i am a big polanski fan, however, i found this film to be extremely slow and quite dull, indeed nothing really shocking happens until 47 minutes into the film.. very overrated.
Rated 04 Aug 2013
walkearthwalkearth
Rated 23 May 2013
80
94th
The suspense builds up in an almost Hitchcockian way towards a nail-biting last 20 minutes. The rapid descent into madness is portrayed with a near perfect mix between surreal and real, wonderfully framed with the beginning and end shots of the film.
Rated 23 May 2013
talonmalontalonmalon
Rated 13 May 2013
80
57th
Repulsion is a psychological film that follows with a young, sexually repressed woman who essentially falls into madness. It was brought to us by Roman Polanski, who has done some other fantastic movies as well.
Rated 13 May 2013
bojanglesBojangles
Rated 29 Mar 2013
45
29th
BEEN THERE DONE THAT GIRLFRIEND
Rated 29 Mar 2013

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