Shame - Kritiken

...contains unblinking truth. I have no doubt it depicts behavior that can be accurately called "sex addiction." The film suggests no help for Brandon...

In essence, Steve McQueen’s Shame is a message movie, and that message is “Scoff all you like, but sex addiction is as legitimately terrifying and life-destroying as other forms of addiction.

Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan give dynamite performances in Shame, a terrific second feature from the British artist Steve McQueen.

...a film with a single-minded, supremely uneasy focus.

For a character study of such depth and intimacy, it helps to have a leading man who can rise to the challenge, and fortunately Shame’s intellectual rigours are leavened by a tour de force performance by the mighty Michael Fassbender.

...med Fassbenders sagolika prestation, McQueens felfria klipp och bildspel samt Mulligans kaotiska närvaro, blir Shame ett måste.

Det är en otroligt elegant, rå och välspelad film...

Bättre rollprestation än Fassbenders hade man inte ens kunnat drömma om och Mulligan matchar honom helt och visar på en helt ny råare sida än vad vi sett henne i förrut.