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Climax (2018)

Drama, Horror, Music

7.1

movie

Belgium, France
English, French
Challenging, Original, Weird
2018
Gaspar Noé
Adrien Sissoko, Alaia Alsafir, Alexandre Moreau
97 min

Synopsis

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Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.

Our Take

7.1
The Staff

This twisted movie is actually two movies, the credits even roll in between. The first half is gorgeous: talented dancers get together for a party and perform beautiful contemporary dance sequences. They introduce themselves through their audition tapes to join the dance group, but also through conversations at the party. The second half is less fun. It turns out someone had laced the sangria they’ve been drinking with a psychedelic drug. Not for the faint of heart or anyone who didn’t like director Gaspar Noé’s past movies (Enter the Void, I Stand Alone, etc).

Comments

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Best movie I have ever seen.

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Daylewisfan

I was anxious the whole time watching this movie, and I don’t fright easily. Hard to say if I liked it or not, but it just wasn’t a pleasant experience.

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