Amer 2009

Critics score:
77 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A voluptuous wallow in recycled psychosexual kitsch. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: There used to be a climate for dares like this; let's re-create it. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A bravura exploration of fear and desire, a visual tour de force composed of cropped images, strobe cuts, bizarre psychological twists and a steamy sensuality. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: It's perhaps asking a bit much to read it as anything more than a claustrophobic portrait of sexual danger, but it still fulfils that highly specific brief with blood-splashed gusto. Read more

Ella Taylor, Village Voice: The pleasures of this gorgeous, clever, and visceral film are almost exclusively aesthetic. Those unmoved or alienated by the porn of pain may be left flopping as nervelessly as one of the movie's severed limbs. Read more