dchaves-44845 I am not a huge fan of Gaspar Noe's work, i've only watch this and "Love" and ETV and honestly i'm not impressed by any of those two. Enter the void is an interesnting film for the first 30 minutes while it introduces you to the wierd look and feel of the film. Saddly after those thirty minutes passed the film was incredibly boring. I actually didn't watched the whole movie and this was because i found it incredibly insufferable, i turn it off after the hour and thirty minutes when I realized the film had still and hour left. The movie has week performances, week characters, boring and unisteresting script and weird sounding diologue. Although the film looks amazing but that its not enough to save a nearly three hour long film with bada perfomances and a boring story. Some day I may finish the film to fulfill my curiosity but for now i walk out very dissapointed.

johndfox Enter the Void is a flawed, but deeply disturbing and powerful film that will almost certainly stay with you for a very long time. Through the use of superb camera-work, an unnerving ambient score and a powerhouse performance Paz De La Heurta, director Gaspar Noé sucks us into a very dark place. Of course, it is impossible to talk about the film without mentioning its fantastic first person opening sequence, chronicling the last half hour of protagonist Oscar's life. We see him take a strange hallucinogenic drug, before leaving his house and going to meet his friend, all the while being presented with a disjointed, and at times highly existential inner monologue. This scene is, for lack of a better word, astonishing, and more than sets the tone for the surreal nightmare to come. From then on, the camera, perhaps a representation of the protagonist's spirit, moves freely through space and time, never confined to one place, almost as though it were some kind of omniscient being. We are also presented with psychedelic, almost headache inducing strobe lights set against an oppressive red colour palette, which, perhaps in an inferior film, would be no more than a gimmick to masquerade artistic prowess. In this, however, the lighting serves to highlight the despair and misery the characters are living through, as we, like the protagonist watch in horror, unable to save them from their inevitably unpleasant fate. The performances are, in general, pretty good. Nathaniel Brown is convincing as Oscar, playing somebody who, while devoted to his sister's well-being, gives very little regard to the lives of others. The only performance that I would call bad comes from Cyril Roy, playing his friend, who, intentionally or otherwise, comes across as detached from the situation around him, and unable to speak without sounding slurred. The standout, however, comes from the aforementioned Paz De La Heurta, playing Oscar's damaged sister Linda, the emotional anchor of the film. She portrays someone who, though innocent at first, becomes increasingly aware, and disturbed, at the nightmarish situation she's in, and increasingly desperate for some sort of escape. All this is done with a raw emotional intensity that you simply would not see in a more mainstream film. This film is, of course, far from perfect. Its biggest flaw lies in its borderline excessive run-time, which could have been reduced drastically had Noé removed a few unnecessary scenes, or, alternatively, cut a few short. Around halfway through, we are shown a shortened version of the opening scene again, only without the first person perspective. This could have been shortened quite easily, by showing only the most crucial moments, before moving on. Towards the end, Noé starts recycling and re-purposing the same type of shot, finishing, quite disappointingly, with a visually stunning, though overlong sequence that detracts from the emotional climax of the film. Despite an overstretched run-time and occasional moments of weakness, Enter the Void is essential viewing for anyone interested in surreal, unsettling cinema. Obligatory rating: 8.5/10

manisimmati "Enter the Void" is the cinematic equivalent of an epileptic fit. Beginning with the opening credits, Argentinian director Gaspar Noé seeks to overwhelm us with frantic flickering and humming. Then we are thrown into the first-person perspective of Oscar, a drug dealer in Tokyo. But that doesn't last for long, because poor Oscar gets betrayed by a friend and ambushed by the police. He flees to the toilet of the eponymous bar "The Void", where he gets shot. From this point on, the camera represents Oscar's soul, whirling through Tokyo and waiting for some kind of redemption or resurrection.When you watch "Enter the Void", you might be tricked into thinking it is art. But actually, it is the exact opposite: It is trash masquerading as art. Behind its flashy façade, there is not much to be said about the substance of this movie. Noé focuses on one single gimmick and does it to death until the audience is frustrated, nauseated or (in my case) bored. Don't get me wrong. Of course it can be interesting to challenge and even torment the audience of a movie. Look at Lars von Trier's work, or Nicolas Winding Refn's "Only God Forgives". Although "Only God Forgives" is deeply flawed, at least it has some kind of mystery to it, whereas "Enter the Void" is literally devoid of any meaning. Its style is one-sided and its story shockingly trivial.There are some redeeming factors. The sex scenes feel sensual and real in a way the rest of the movie doesn't. An incestuous relationship between Oscar and his sister Linda is frequently hinted at, which gives "Enter the Void" an emotional center, albeit a very blurred one. If you just want a different or extreme experience, you might enjoy Noé's visual orgy. But if you expect a finely nuanced and truly artistic movie, don't bother with this one.

dakota-53810 Let me preface by saying I've seen thousands of movies. I've seen many of the movies often regarded as the worst. Plan 9, the room, Tarzoon, underground comedy, puppet master sequels, paranormal activity sequels, an American Hippie in Israel, highlander 2, Catwoman etc. I've seen almost every Adam Sandler film and Steven Seagal, every rob Schneider, Nick Cage, Pauly Shore, and Van Damme. Obscure gay independent films and films meant to create a state of mind like being on drugs. My point is that I have every basis for comparison when I say the following: Enter the Void is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. It has no redeeming qualities. From the Bafflingly awful direction to Weaponized dialogue used to attack the audience all the way to the twist at the end, only surprising inasmuch as you wouldn't believe someone would have the balls to make it that lame and uninteresting. The bizarre birds eye shots and shifts in camera angle give the viewer the impression that this was not really a movie. Not so much as an art project for students wanting to reproduce the effects of torture. It is not bad in a fun way, it is not campy, it is not ironic. It is just painful. Worth seeing only to calibrate your opinion of all other movies. This is bedrock with nowhere to go but up. If a perfect movie were a 10 then enter the void would define 0. Unfortunately the system won't let me rate that low.