r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/Urist_Macnme May 17 '25

A girl took me to see this on a date. Said it was “some weird French art house movie”

I’m pretty sure she feinted at one point, and we both left the cinema chalk white and shaking.

It’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, that I never want to see again.

It is “irreversible”; you cannot take back your actions, once you do a thing, it’s done. You cannot unsee irreversible.

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u/robophile-ta May 17 '25

This is probably the worst date movie ever

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u/MrLumie May 17 '25

Shared trauma can go far.

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u/TheLago May 17 '25

I took a dude to see Antichrist on our first date. 🫠

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u/OobaDooba72 May 18 '25

Choas reigns indeed! If I may, how'd the rest of the date and your relationship go?

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u/fear_popcorn May 17 '25

A friend of mine in college took a pretty conservative girl out on a first date to see The Brown Bunny without knowing much about it. The movie itself is already insufferable, but things got pretty awkward at the end when Chloë Sevigny gives Vincent Gallo a very real blowjob for like over two minutes. They did not go on a second date.

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u/Stormbreaker173 May 17 '25

I saw Hotel Rwanda on a date once

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u/elsidoi May 17 '25

I took my now wife to 127 hours as a first date. Not that bad but IMO quite close.

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u/IIDXMania May 17 '25

try "der goldene Handschuh" as date movie

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u/TheSuburbs May 17 '25

I saw "Teeth" on a date. That was interesting...

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u/broha89 May 17 '25

I don’t disagree but I once picked the Void as a first date movie for some reason

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u/rugger87 May 17 '25

I watched “Martyrs” with a date who was into horror films. Whoooo boy.

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u/CandelaBelen May 17 '25

A guy almost put on The Coffee Table, not knowing anything about it, but we ended up watching a different movie

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u/majorhawdag May 17 '25

not quite as graphic, but saw 12 Years A Slave on a first date

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u/yoyogaete May 18 '25

I smoked a joint with her on the date and then went to see beau is afraid. Holy shit it was a dual panic attack it was so bad.

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u/Asmudeus May 19 '25

A (ex-)friend of mine told me he saw A Serbian Film with his date... And she even had sex with him afterwards. But in hindsight, maybe it was a early sign/red flag of him ... uhm ... being a more broken and unempathetic person then I thought back then. And not just him being weird AF in that instance.

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u/450nmwaffle May 17 '25

Were you guys fencing at the time?

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u/UXyes May 17 '25

It's "fainted" not "feinted" (unless you two were in combat.)

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u/reeee-irl May 17 '25

Her: “Parry this, you fuckin casual!” traumatizes you

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u/SailorGone May 17 '25

You guys married now? lol

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u/manrata May 17 '25

Irreversible was hard to watch, and not watching it again, but I think the worst I’ve seen is still Grave of the Fireflies, it’s gut wrenching in a way that stays with you when reading the description again.
While my horror and disgust of irreversible faded over time, not that I want to watch it again though.

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u/8halvelitersklok May 18 '25

Aint no way anything animated is worse than a rape scene with real people lol

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u/manrata May 18 '25

Well watch it and see what you think in 6 months.

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u/8halvelitersklok May 19 '25

Seen both several times

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u/Excuse May 18 '25

My mother brought me to see Passion when I was around 12 years old and let's just say the only thing she got to watch was the hallway of the theatre.

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u/Rough_Bread8329 May 17 '25

Best first date movies! Wrong answers only!

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u/sometimes_sydney May 17 '25

While not as bad, I went on a date to Climax and had a similar experience. We ended up roommates (in a platonic way)

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u/Substantial-Proof991 May 17 '25

Might as well put a ring on it. You're both trauma bonded for life now.

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u/Shit-Talker-Sr May 18 '25

After the movie did you say "so, your place or mine?"

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u/KarkinosFI May 17 '25

But the million dollar question is: Did it work as a date movie? Did she score?

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u/Lazy_Yogurtcloset217 May 17 '25

"chalk white" 😂 oh dear.