The Duke of Burgundy currently has an average rating of 6.4 out of 10 and has been rated by 23 users on our platform.
The Duke Of Burgundy employs outré subject matter for a magnificently mundane purpose. At its core, this is one of the most incisive, penetrating, and empathetic films ever made about what it truly means to love another person...
Read full review at The A.V. Club...a daring, atmosphere-soaked piece of kink hypnotherapy that pays explicit homage to the films of Franco...
Read full review at Roger Ebert...delivers a deadpan comedy of manners which is at once a surprisingly affecting study in the minutiae of a relationship both partners struggle to make work and a stylish essay in the wilfully perverse.
Read full review at EmpireThis is the story of a love affair based on sadomasochistic role-play, with the choreography of sub and dom and the traditional paradox about who is really in charge.
Read full review at The Guardian...it’s visually and thematically gratifying, and on its own merits it’s scarily effective as well.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleSidse Babett Knudsen er (...) fuldmoden i sit register. Ingen kan som hende fa° en mundstreg til at vibrere mellem tilkæmpet kontrol og total magtesløshed.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet EkkoDer er på én gang utroligt meget humor i den måde, Strickland går til den skemalagte, performancemæssige dimension af S/M, og en dyb forståelse for de mellemmenneskelige, psykologiske mekanismer, der er på spil.
Read full review at Soundvenue...det [er] dialogen, som får plads. Den er (...) ofte forfriskende sorthumoristisk og kan i hvert fald ikke klandres for at være mondæn.
Read full review at CinemazoneSom en stilistisk ”giallo” men ändå inte! Måste upplevas i all sin bisarra framtoning.
En något annorlunda och befriande originell infallsvinkel på den traditionella S&M-skildringen med andra ord, iklädd en snygg dräkt och stämning tydligt inspirerad av 60/70-talssexploitation à la Jess Franco.
Read full review at Göteborgs-PostenDen brittiske filmskaparen Peter Strickland väver snyggt ihop ett erotiskt relationsnystan i luxuös herrgårdsmiljö.
Read full review at Nöjesguiden…en ljuvlig, rolig och ibland till och med rätt obehaglig, fast ändå hela tiden väldigt romantisk film, som känns länge och väl efteråt.
Read full review at Moviezine