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A man wakes in mid-afternoon in a grungy London flat. A woman knocks at the door. He lets her in, to an awkward silence. She touches his face tenderly--almost immediately they have stripped and are making love on a mattress on the floor. It is the first of many intense, real-time, sexually-explicit, encounters between Jay (Mark .. Read more

Starring	Alastair Galbraith, Kerry Fox, Mark Rylance, Timothy Spall
Director	Patrice Chereau
Genres	Drama

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- This English-language European art movie (from stories by Hanif Kureishi) examines the anonymous, almost wordless,... read more on Time Out
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- - 12
  - 1
  disappointing
  
  very gritty, bleak drama set in South London about broken relationships, casual sex and the impacts on the lives (and families) of those involved.
  
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  - Andrew
  - London
  - 17 Nov 2004 at 09:18
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- - 0
  - 0
  Dismal, pretentious rubbish
  
  Wooden acting, horrific dialogue, dismall characters...an in incoherent mess. The scene with Kerry Fox and Marianne Faithful sat on a park bench drinking ... read more »
  
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- - Kboy
  - 8 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 06 Aug 2011 at 22:38
- - 0
  - 0
  Grumble Galore!!
  
  Grumble alert!! you see every inch of the Fox in this film, although unfortunatly also get to see the dude as well. All real oral and penatrative sex can only ... read more »
  
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  - Hemel Hempstead
  - 15 Jan 2009 at 11:13
- - 0
  - 1
  poverty of imagination
  
  so, intimacy is sex, apparently. That is the sole proposition of the film. Humanity reduced to a cynical, impoverished level. So, the 'baddie' husband... read more »
  
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  - Edinburgh
  - 09 Aug 2008 at 23:08
- - 1
  - 0
  it isn't just about sex!
  
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  If you read other reviews you would think that it is a film completely dominated by explicit sexual activity. In terms of screen time it is not. Kerry Fox ... read more »
  
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- - Ellesar
  - 84 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Mar 2008 at 13:24
- - 0
  - 0
  Intimacy
  
  The plot is very thick but something about the fime keeps you watching
  
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- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 13 Dec 2007 at 12:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Mike Leigh meets The Last Tango in Paris
  
  With one of Mike Leigh's main actors, you could be mistaken to think you are watching one of his films. Well, at the very latest when the man and woman ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 21 Oct 2007 at 14:53
- - 0
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  Worth watching...
  
  Once you get over the sex content (which is quite easy, actually) there is something of a story in here. Timothy Spall's character takes some time to build ... read more »
  
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  - Deep in the shires
  - 17 Sep 2007 at 22:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Groundbreaking
  
  We were surprised to actually see live sex both 'normal' and oral in a film passed by the Film Censors. It was however justified by the inteligent story... read more »
  
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  - Staffordshire
  - 15 Mar 2007 at 11:12
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  - 4
  Adult
  
  Good story line, scenes could be more explicit, recomend
  
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  - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  - 08 Sep 2006 at 12:13
- - 0
  - 0
  British curiousity
  
  A very interesting film about a woman seeking escape from her normal existance by turning up at a man's house and leads the man into taking advantage of her... read more »
  
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- - MrG
  - 450 reviews
  - Hadley, Telford
  - 27 Aug 2006 at 14:06
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- - 12
  - 1
  disappointing
  
  very gritty, bleak drama set in South London about broken relationships, casual sex and the impacts on the lives (and families) of those involved.
  
  ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 53719
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Andrew
  - London
  - 17 Nov 2004 at 09:18
- - 7
  - 2
  Bleak
  
  Very bleak and depressing view of relationships and adultery. None of the characters were remotely likable, though their performances were very intense. The ... read more »
  
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- - hoops84
  - herts
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 19:09
- - 6
  - 0
  A dissection of sex, desire and intimacy
  
  Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman (Kerry Fox) arrives at a dismal, barely furnished flat in an unappealing part of London for no other reason than to have sex ... read more »
  
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- - marcooni
  - 11 reviews
  - Congleton
  - 22 Aug 2005 at 19:45
- - 4
  - 0
  Explicit dredge
  
  I agree with the other reviewers. The sex scenes are definitely gritty and graphic (and in a perverse way it's refreshing to see two normal people going at... read more »
  
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- - Helen Manzano
  - North London
  - 30 Jul 2005 at 16:24
- - 4
  - 0
  Sex and a pool table.
  
  Obviously when watching a film whose reputation is largely built on the graphic nature of its sex scenes, one approaches it with a certain anticipation of what ... read more »
  
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- - Eno
  - 15 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 12:18
- - 1
  - 0
  it isn't just about sex!
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  If you read other reviews you would think that it is a film completely dominated by explicit sexual activity. In terms of screen time it is not. Kerry Fox ... read more »
  
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- - Ellesar
  - 84 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Mar 2008 at 13:24
- - 0
  - 0
  Depressing
  
  Ground breaking in a way, but so so so so so so so so so depressing you will struggle to watch it.
  
  It's sort of train spotting with out the ... read more »
  
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  - Welwyn
  - 30 Mar 2005 at 17:28
- - 0
  - 0
  A bit of filth but not much going on.
  
  I got this as I remember the stir it caused on cinematic release. There are a few explicit sex scenes that are necessary to the story. I think this is a good ... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Adair
  - Liverpool
  - 01 May 2005 at 15:51
- - 0
  - 0
  poor story
  
  very poor story,even with the sex it was bad,give it a miss.
  
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- - david campbell
  - troon,scotland
  - 19 Dec 2005 at 06:20
- - 0
  - 0
  Wake me up when it's over.
  
  It's not often that I have to hit the fast forward button on a DVD but the script is so terrible in this film. The characters completly underdeveloped. I ... read more »
  
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- 203315
- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 06 Feb 2006 at 15:15

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