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You Let Me Violate You, You Let Me Desecrate You (Erotic Film W/O)

bythevoid99 Jun 16, 2006
53 Helpfuls 54 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Breillat's Script/Direction, Look, Tone, & Cast.
Cons Explicit Sex, Subject Matter, & Scenes Aren't For Everyone.
Recommended it? Yes


Part of Chris Jarmick's Erotic Film W/O. Info on the W/O is here: http://www.epinions.com/content_234288680580

One of France's most revered and controversial directors, Catherine Breillat has been notorious for taking erotic films and notably sex to new, explicit heights. Films such... Read full review »

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Un-sexy & un-"romantic" film irritates

byBetwixt Feb 18, 2000
32 Helpfuls 33 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros A film of plastic elegance
Cons Boring, forced, & lacking any moral or emotional value.
Recommended it? No

An ample volume of bared breasts and buttocks would indicate the Director intended this to be an erotic film. It's not.

The not-so-"romantic" leads are irritating both as melodramatic, self-involved individuals, and as disinterested lovers. Their reasons for remaining together are... Read full review »

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Girl Whines About Sex and Then Some

byspq May 24, 2000
17 Helpfuls 18 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Er, none really, unless you're a Breillat fan
Cons Where do I begin? Graphic sex, for one...
Recommended it? No

Breillat has created yet another disturbing, vaguely feminist film emanating from her core belief that sex is the root of all angst. You will feel uncomfortable, to say the least, after seeing this movie, and if you are a woman, you might just decide to remain celibate for the rest of your life. As... Read full review »

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Among the WORST

byKorova Nov 17, 2000
16 Helpfuls 17 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros ...................
Cons pretentious, it IS porn, pointless, plotless
Recommended it? No

Okay - the title is ironic. We know that. Sex is not romance and sexuality is not always romantic.
This film tied to tell me that it isn't porn. Okay - technically, a porn film doesn't include things like the birth-of-child part of sex, but what else did this film have? Sex, anal, oral,... Read full review »

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A French Drama with Melodrama, Tedium, Sexual Politics and XXX Sex Scenes: Romance

byDavidMac Sep 28, 2002
14 Helpfuls 15 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros the shocking scenes actually work in the context of the film.
Cons the lead character, sexual politics, frequent tedium
Recommended it? Yes

Leave it to the French to make a movie like this! The French seem to have a knack for making movies about sex that are far more than mere soft-core parades, and now here's a movie about sex that is far more than a mere hard-core parade. I'm talking about the film Romance, a film notorious for its... Read full review »

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Where Sex and Tedium Collide

byMovieBodega Sep 10, 2000
13 Helpfuls 14 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Important pro-feminist presentation of sexuality
Cons Proof that sex really CAN be dull as dirt
Recommended it? No

Posters for ROMANCE announce that the film is "the most sexually explicit film ever made", and excluding pornography, there's no way one cannot agree. The fully visible on-screen oral, vaginal and anal sex, as well as the presence of more male genitalia that a double issue of Playgirl, certainly... Read full review »

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Pushing the envelope on women's eroticism

byshmups Mar 23, 2000
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros one of a kind, thought provoking
Cons some people will judge this movie solely on its sexual content
Recommended it? Yes

Catherine Breillat's "Romance" was billed as "the most sexually explicit mainstream movie ever." While the description is fitting, it immediately gave audiences the idea that "Romance" would have professionalism and content equivalent to soft pornography. It is clear in the vast criticism that this... Read full review »

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An Exploration of Female Sexuality and Pornography

bymonoblack Apr 11, 2000
18 Helpfuls 19 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Nothing else like it
Cons Maybe a bit too heavy (or graphic) for most viewers
Recommended it? Yes

I will reveal plot details after a warning.


Romance is one of the best films (maybe the only) to explore female sexuality. It asks, what are a woman's sexual needs? Is sex an important part of a loving relationship? And, why is pornography so disgusting (especially since there are so... Read full review »

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An honest film

bycalmo28 Mar 7, 2000
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Daring, provocative
Cons Too provocative?
Recommended it? Yes

Not everyone will like "Romance." If you did not like "Last Tango in Paris" (see my review of that movie as well), you will not like Romance.

The cover of the film has 3 sentences. "Love is Desolate. Romance is temporary. Sex is forever." I always grew up thinking sex was temporary.
... Read full review »

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Romance without penetration

byctamigi Sep 9, 2000
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros really cool ending, raises some interesting questions
Cons lots of boring, pretentious philosophising. Slow moving plot.
Recommended it? Yes

I remember seeing advertisements for this movie when I was in Europe. A review I read in a movie magazine raved about how full frontal nudity and penetration were on display in ROMANCE (unlike many recent movies about the pornography industry ? such as BOOGIE NIGHTS). For some reason, I mistook... Read full review »

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When Marie's maudlin boyfriend Paul refuses to engage in sexual relations she is forced to search for intimacy beyond the bounds of traditional sexual limitations--a journey that proves to be both fulfilling and empowering.

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Release Date: 2001-06-26, Rating: R (Restricted)

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