Iain Canning , Emile Sherman. Steve McQueen , Abigail Morgan. All rights reserved. Critics Consensus: Boasting stellar performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, Shame is a powerful plunge into the mania of addiction affliction. Previous NME. April 23, Floating World. March 21, Battleship Pretension. February 10, Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies. Wonderfully shot and performed, this is a total must-see While leaving some things enigmatic and up to the viewers to decide many have already voiced their concerns regarding incest, which seem a bit too outrageous for this kind of film is incredibly intriguing and help further propel the voyeuristic means of viewing the film, it also makes for maddening thoughts afterwards.
What exactly is McQueen trying to say? What is the point he is trying to make? It all feels like it builds towards nothing outside of an unsatisfying and deludingly ambiguous climax. As mentioned earlier, it feels like the story and just about everything else came second to the portrait he wanted to paint through Fassbender's canvas. I can appreciate the film as it is, but it makes it hard to love it the way I thought I would.
Fassbender is stunning as Brandon, magnetizing the audience from the beginning all the way to the end. He propels the film, using his reactions and emotions to define the character. He makes Brandon's struggle one that is very real, and almost horrific. He is unable to feel intimacy, and watching him struggle to fulfill his urges is fascinating and deeply disturbing all at once. Watching his face through candid closeups, you can see just how much raw power went into the role.
But while it is a stellar and tortured performance that more than proves his weight as an up and coming actor, I never found him to be nearly as incredibly impressive as we know he can be.
I still find myself at odds with how great it was, and how much greater it could have been. While James Badge Dale is effective in his small role as Brandon's smarmy and sleazy boss David, it is Mulligan who truly compliments Fassbender. Her role does not ask a whole lot of her, but her pained expressions and infinite desire to be loved by everyone is more than enough to make this a memorable turn for her. While the full frontal nudity was near useless, I only wish that she could have done more.
Shame is a very well done film, but one that will divide audiences. On one hand, it is an expertly crafted film about addiction that packs a great lead performance.
On the other hand, it is a maddening film that answers very little it asks and sometimes shocks just for the sake of it. It is an impressive feat for a second feature, but one that I think could have been even better. But like with musicians, there is always the risk that a director's second film will not live up to the high expectations the first effort sets.
Yet McQueen has a good go with his dark exploration of human character in Shame. He is also a sex addict who constantly picks up women, hires prostitutes, views internet porn daily and masturbates at any given opportunity. His life is made more complex when his singer sister Sissy Carey Mulligan , a woman with obvious problems, crashes at his place. She interferes with his life, including sleeping with his boss, David James Badge Dale and sets Brandon off to tackle his addiction.
Brandon is depicted as a really despicable character, but he is a man struggling with an addiction. There is a number of sexual scenes throughout Shame, but there is no eroticism as Brandon explores more depraved and disgusting acts and his life spirals out of control. Shame plays as a drug addition movie, similar to Requiem for a Dream as someone struggles to give up something hazardous. Fassbender offers a powerful performance as a dark, sinister man with strong interplay with Mulligan as he becomes threatening towards her.
Compare him to Mulligan, a much more brittle character, on the edge for different reason. She gives a heartbreaking performance as a woman who does not know how to do deal with problems and has a sadness in her eyes.
Their scenes were enhanced by McQueen's direction, using hand held cameras to follows Fassbender and the conversations stick to one point, making you feel like you are really watching them in a voyeuristic matter. This makes the movie more tense as the tone changes in an instant.
McQueen employs a grainy filter, giving Shame a dark, grim look which is perfectly fitting considering the atmosphere of the movie. The visuals have a similar feel and tone as other gritty and grim New York set films such as Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy and American Psycho, all of which follow the horrible underbelly of the city. He has shown that he is a great actors' director, but McQueen also had some great visuals, such as a long tracking shot of Brandon jogging and Brandon watching two people having sex in their apartment.
There are many moments in the movie that have little dialogue, relying on Fassbender superb abilities as an actor, particularly key in the beginning and during a long montage of Brandon wandering alone in New York, playing like a scene in the great novel Last Exit to Brooklyn.
This is a movie about Brandon's continuing descent and self-sabotage and Fassbender should hopefully gain an Oscar nomination to back up his award buzz in Europe. Shame continues McQueen's reputation as being one of the best emerging directors around, sticking to his no holds barred, brutal style which keeps a stage play quality to the presentation. Shame is tough, but worthy just for Fassbender's performance and keeps to a tradition of grim New York based film.
Please visit www. Cold Sex by littlemartinarocena Michael Fassbender's commitment is overwhelming. He must trust his director, implicitly. Good for him. Very rarely we've been exposed to so much sex without an ounce of erotic flavors. Well, that was not the intention, clearly. This is a remarkably serious film about addiction. To make matters even darker I had seen Michael Fassbender as Jung only a few days before. What an actor! Now I feel I'm as familiar with his anatomy as Mrs.
Fassbender must be. I must admit the film stayed with me because within its mathematical coldness there is a palpable element of horror. Chilling really. I will take my chances and recommend it, as long as you don't take your children - I guess you can't NC17 - or your grandparents. FzExtras - Enjoy movie based games, quizzes, jigsaws Now create a jigsaw from your own face. Advt opens in a new tab. You can use your phone's back button to go to previous page.
You have to use the Blue Back Button at bottom to go to previous page. Please note popunder currently works properly only in Chrome and Opera. You can change or reset your preferences anytime. Addiction up close and personal by moviemanMA. Shame, the real feel bad movie of the year, is only McQueen's second feature film to date. Grim but great by hopek This was not an easy film to watch and even less easy to reflect on. Actions Speak Louder than Words by coolnazgul. The music of the film has been composed by Harry Escott and the cinematography has been handled Sean Bobbitt.
The film was released on 13th January and its running time is minutes. Talking more about the film, it is based on a handsome and successful New Yorker named Brandon Sullivan who seems to live a very ordinary life. But this handsome New Yorker hides one secret: Brandon Sullivan is a sex addict. Steve McQueen. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Brandon is a something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life.
After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. Shame examines the nature of need, how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us.
Rated NC for some explicit sexual content. Did you know Edit. Trivia The first time Michael Fassbender saw the film was with his father Josef. Both were relieved that his mother Adele could not make the screening. Goofs When Brandon is on the subway looking at the woman we see Fulton behind him on the wall of the subway tunnel. The train moves and a few minutes have passed. Next, when the woman exists the train and he follows her, we see that they are again at Fulton station.
Quotes Sissy Sullivan : We're not bad people. Crazy credits No opening credits apart from the movie's title. User reviews Review. Top review. What the hell happened to Brandon and Sissy as children?
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