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Venus in Fur
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Not Rated
2013
1h 36m
Drama
7.1
88%
72%
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An actress attempts to convince a director how she's perfect for a role in his upcoming production.
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Cast of Venus in Fur
Emmanuelle Seigner
Vanda
Mathieu Amalric
Thomas
Roman Polanski
Director / Writer
David Ives
Writer
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Writer
Robert Benmussa
Producer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Venus in Fur Ratings & Reviews
Flavorwire
Judy Berman
Lighthearted as it is, Venus in Fur has the rare effect of filtering the viewer's life through its own extreme lens.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
While the extraordinarily talented Polish-born director rarely falters in translating the source's theatrical strengths, his Venus in Fur feels oddly impersonal, lacking the trademark touch of Polanski perversity.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
"Venus in Fur" is a stellar achievement.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Wickedly smart and wickedly playful, Roman Polanski's adaptation of David Ives' Tony-nominated Venus in Fur works on so many levels, it's almost dizzying.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Never underestimate Roman Polanski.
Arizona Republic
Kerry Lengel
The haunted-house lighting is a perfect match for the claustrophobic intimacy of this two-hander - and camouflage, perhaps, for the fact that "Venus in Fur" remains more play than film.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Whether you like it or not, Roman Polanski is a great artist, and even the minor films of his fugitive decades glimmer with the claustrophobia and sardonic bleakness of his greatest work.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
One thing that makes the dialogue-heavy movie so compelling (and also something that Polanski does so well) is an undercurrent of dread.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Maybe you see where all this is going. But even if you do, getting there is still good, queasy fun.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Pay attention to the camera, and you will see that Polanski is a clinician. He is in the thrall of no one.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
The couple's movie-long pas de deux, during which time a reversal of roles takes place and the inner Thomas is exposed to the world (us), is staged with delicious irony and ingenuity by Mr. Polanski
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The film has a creepy allure but, as movies featuring full-bore sexual gamesmanship often do, it wears thin.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
"Venus in Fur," a whip-smart dissection of gender politics via some teasing S&M, is arch. So arch in fact that it is surprising it's a Roman Polanski film.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Ever the alchemist, Roman Polanski continues his quest for the process whereby theatre is transmuted and reforged into film.
NPR
Bob Mondello
Roman Polanski's been making films about psycho-sexual mind games for decades, and when his opening shot poses his stage director next to a very phallic cactus, you know he's at it again.
BuzzFeed News
Alison Willmore
Polanski's film is wonderfully light on its feet - it never feels hemmed in, though it also never leaves the space in which it begins - but it lands its punches.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
If you didn't see the play onstage and don't know what you're missing, this Venus in Fur has its demonic, masochistic charms.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
You'd be hard pressed to imagine a more seemingly perfect match of director and material than Roman Polanski and "Venus in Fur." Too bad it isn't a wickeder, subtler, more imaginative movie.
Entertainment Weekly
Joe McGovern
What is surprising is how little Polanski juices the material with his usual devilish touch.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
One of the delights of Mr. Ives's play, and of Mr. Polanski's nimble rendering of it, is the way it jumps in and out of the play within.
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