TAGGED AS: Certified Fresh
This week at the movies brings no new wide releases, but we’ve still got some strong limiteds, including Shame, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, and Takeshi Kitano‘s Outrage. What do the critics have to say?
Critics say Shame is an intense, beautifully crafted portrait of a profoundly damaged soul, often painful but powerfully acted. Shame stars Michael Fassbender as a sex addict whose inner demons threaten to spiral out of control when his troubled younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment, bringing her resentments with her. The pundits say the Certified Fresh Shame isn’t always easy to watch, but it’s visually stunning and features terrific performances from its leads. (Check out this week’s Total Recall, in which we run down other memorable NC-17 movies, as well as our interview with director Steve McQueen.)
Takeshi Kitano‘s Outrage, a thriller about rival yakuza clans battling for power within the Tokyo underworld, is at 93 percent.
Khodorkovsky, a documentary about the Russian billionaire whose politics may have landed him in prison, is at 89 percent.
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, a doc about the venerable Canadian TV nature show host, is at 80 percent.
Sleeping Beauty, starring Emily Browning as a college student who finds herself in the midst of a strange escort service, is at 48 percent.
Answers to Nothing, starring Dane Cook and Barbara Hershey in a drama about a group of disparate Los Angeles residents connected by the disappearance of a child, is at zero percent.
And don’t forget, six of last week’s releases — The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo, The Artist, My Week with Marilyn, and A Dangerous Method — are Certified Fresh.
