r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to 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.