Nonureva
Really Surprised!
TaryBiggBall
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
laetitiapayombo
I keep in mind that this movie was released in 1965. But in 1962 Sam Peckinpah did Ride the high Country. So don't tell me that it was another time! After watching the extraordinary performance of Isabelle Adjani in Possession of Andrzej Zulawski (1981), Catherine Deneuve doesn't impress me. The movie is nice, Deneuve is nice, everything is good. It is a nice movie, where we can feel the future work of Roman Polanski, especially in The Tenant (1976). Nice movie, nice direction, nice music, great photography and very fun scenario.
Nigel P
This is often known as 'Roman Polanski's Repulsion', so inter-twined is the director and this piece of work. Catherine Deneuve plays listless Carol, a stunning blond who acts like the dowdiest wallflower you could meet. She lives with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), married boyfriend Michael (Ian Hendry) and is pursued - without much success - by Colin (John Fraser). The attention to minutiae in the dilapidated building is not dissimilar to the location in Polanski's 'The Tenant (1976)'.In fact, that is not the only similarity - Carol could be a relation of the other film's central Trelkovsky character; she even knocks heads with Colin as Trelkovsky does with Isabelle Adjani's Stella in a similar scene in the later film. Equally, her comparable descent from being merely preoccupied to full paranoia to the point of hallucination adds to this exploration into her increasingly fragile mental state.As a shocking tale of someone sliding into insanity, I found this effective, but unfairly, I feel it has dated in a way that 'The Tenant' has not. It is still a persuasive and occasionally unnerving depiction of madness. Deneuve is very good in it, as is the rest of the cast, and Polanski makes the most of her increasing physical and mental isolation.
Irishchatter
Catherine Deneuve is such a pretty actress like she played her character really good! Its so sad to see that her character Carol wasn't well at all when it comes to men coming at her like a doll and her sister leaving to Italy along with her boyfriend. Whats even sadder, it seemed like she was sexually abused by her father and like, it has taken her life. Just think back in those days, there were sexual abuse cases weren't talked about as if the victims were wrong. This movie has a good reflection of that and how it was dealt with!It was shocking when she killed the landlord and the boyfriend. I know this is dark but seriously, the landlord was sexaully assaulting her so she was gonna defend herself somewhat. With the boyfriend, I think she should've just said no and leave her alone instead of killing him.No doubt this movie is a dangerous movie, its very very dark and very upsetting to watch especially what Carol is going through!
Prichards12345
Repulsion is a movie I'd heard and read a lot about. So having finally caught up with it I can see why the movie is rated so highly; but the experience of watching it is largely dull. The thing only picks up when Patrick Wymark's sleazy landlord enters the scene, and when it does it packs a considerable wallop. But for me it was just too little, too late.Although this is a British horror film it actually has more of a continental feel, thanks to the presence of Catherine Deneuve and slow deliberateness of director Roman Polanski. He's a clever film maker but much of his work is glacially paced. I didn't find this any different.The plot concerns a young woman's slow descent into madness in London's bedsit land. A far cry from Swinging London, the film looks grimy and mundane, and as Carol's mental faculties break down, something of the claustrophobic nausea she feels about sex reaches the viewer. That last shot of the family photo hints that Carol may have suffered abuse as a child; the only explanation given to us to explain the events.Carol's breakdown feels psychologically accurate, and she's well played by Denueve, a stunningly beautiful actress who looks slightly out of place amidst the tawdriness.I found the last half hour to be very unnerving and effective - but it's not enough to save the movie from being very uninvolving until this point. Other than the fact that the men are all sexist pigs "only interested in one thing" it all seems rather anodyne. Can't really say it's a film to enjoy but it is worth a watch. Just.
