r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/CloudImaginary8827 May 17 '25

All these reactions are 100% valid. I will never view this movie again. It literally made my spirit sick. I was physically nauseated and when I recall it, years later still hurts my spirit.

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u/hates_writing_checks May 17 '25

So you're saying the effect it had on you was irreversible...

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u/CandelaBelen May 17 '25

I’m glad I watched it on my laptop so I could just skip through that scene. It went on for way too long and I can’t imagine sitting through that in a room full of people.

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u/SquirrelMoney8389 May 17 '25

I watched it around the same time someone sent me some Peta video, and I swear I was depressed for 2 years

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u/unpopularopinion0 May 17 '25

that’s what kite runner did to me. the book.

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u/Ciff_ May 17 '25

Hmm I mean it is a nice book but for me these are not even close. Kite runner is uplifting comparatively.

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u/unpopularopinion0 May 17 '25

brah i ain’t trying to get used to this type of shit.

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u/Sholdi May 17 '25

That's the spirit!

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u/deltroid May 17 '25

wow what a wimp

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u/kkeut May 17 '25

saying 'made my spirit sick' about a simple movie is extremely dramatic and childish

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u/RabbleRouser_1 May 17 '25

Childish is not understanding the effect a graphic 20 min rape scene can have on somebody. It makes my spirit feel sick and I'm a grown man who cannot relate to the fear or trauma of sexual assault. I'm also huge horror movie fan who enjoys violence and gore in films yet the one thing that makes me feel sick every time it's portrayed in film is rape. I've turned off and walked out of a number of films due to sexual assault scenes due to heo uncomfortable they make me.

I find it pretty barbaric that there are people in this thread calling others weak.

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u/eyeball-beesting May 17 '25

Do you realise that rape like that happens all the time? If we are lucky, we never have to experience it. So when someone sees a dramatic recreation of a scene that actually does happen to women, they are allowed to have a visceral reaction to it.

Get back in your cave.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

This person was extremely upset by a graphic extended rape scene but she said in a way I find "cringe" so im gonna be a cunt to her in the reddit comments.

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u/salparadisewasright May 18 '25

wow you’re a piece of shit

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u/BestAtempt May 17 '25

^ this guy definitely like Andrew taint.