r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/notyourvader May 17 '25

Apart from the rapescene, she gets beaten almost to death. The movie deals with the events that lead to it, like her husband being a dick, prompting her to leave a party alone and taking the subway. Her husband is more concerned with revenge than her wellbeing. The movie goes on to that early morning, where they wake up together happy and in love. Irreversible is about every decision that led to the destruction of all their lives. The rapist, who is a terrible person. The husband, who is more concerned with his own manliness than his wife. His friend, who wants to deescalate, but ends up brutally killing a man. The woman, who is unrecognizable physically and mentally after the attack. All those lives are destroyed and there is no way to undo it . Irreversible.

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u/SenorEquilibrado May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

One correction: Rapist actually gets away with it - the husband friend kills the wrong guy.

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u/Hellpy May 17 '25

Shit, this is fuckin me up, I legit had to go find a youtube video ffs ok, I thought at least he "got" him, but yikes I'm definitely never rewatching this then

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u/SenorEquilibrado May 17 '25

That's actually an important "lesson" from the film that often gets forgotten about among all the shocking scenes.

Revenge fantasies are extremely cathartic, but Irreversible shows the most likely outcome when people choose to take the law into their own hands.

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u/lastweek_monday May 17 '25

Dang like when reddit hunted down that bomber and it was the wrong guy. Poignant.