Labelled a “psychedelic melodrama” by its director, cinematic troublemaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible), Enter the Void follows a young drug dealer...
Labelled a “psychedelic melodrama” by its director, cinematic troublemaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible), Enter the Void follows a young drug dealer through a neon Tokyo and transcendent experiences both before and after his death.
Shot in a first-person perspective, Enter the Void unfolds over the shoulder of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) and through his eyes as he navigates the seedy side of Tokyo. Oscar has intense drug experiences on DMT and travels through time and space after being shot by police, inspired by the teachings of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Still possessing a strong bond to his sister (Paz de la Huerta) after his ignoble shooting in a bathroom stall, Oscar relives their shared memories and watches over her from high above a trippy Tokyo as his soul embarks on his final journey.
Dividing critics and audiences, Enter the Void’s running time had to be reduced in the U.S. for contractual reasons. Noé’s solution was to simply remove a whole reel of film (around 17 minutes), saying none of this material was necessary for the film.
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73 %96 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
71 %14,526 reviewsAudience score rating
"Not clever enough to be truly pretentious, Noe's tiresomely gimmicky film... proves to be the ne plus ultra of nothing much."
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Variety
Variety"Beyond the daft comparisons with 2001, this is a mature film from a director who's morphing from eye-rolling agitator into eye-catching artist."
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Total Film
Total Film"A strong contender for both the artiest drug movie and the druggiest art movie ever made."
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Time Out
Time Out"[Noe is] using pure cinema and not just cheap exploitation tricks to make an impact."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"This is a grandiose hallucinatory journey into, and out of, hell: drugged, neon-lit and with a fully realised nightmare-porn aesthetic that has to be seen to be believed."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Nauseating and revelatory. Like being on acid, only not."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Definitely won't be everyone's cup of tea."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineEnter the Void | Details
- Rating
- R18+, High impact sex scenes, themes and drug use
- Runtime
- 162
- Genre
- Drama, Fantasy
- Country of origin
- France, Germany, Italy, Canada
