Shame (2011)
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Shame rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 216K votes
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic72%
TMDb6.925/10· 3K votesWith 79% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Shame
Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
Cast of Shame
Michael Fassbender
as Brandon
Carey Mulligan
as Sissy
James Badge Dale
as David
Nicole Beharie
as Marianne
Lucy Walters
as Woman on Subway Train
Mari-Ange Ramirez
as Alexa
Alex Manette
as Steven
Hannah Ware
as Samantha
Elizabeth Masucci
as Elizabeth
Rachel Farrar
as Rachel
Loren Omer
as Loren
Lauren Tyrrell
as Hostess
Shame facts
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $3.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Unflinching psychological exploration examines addiction with haunting authenticity
- •Powerful performances convey internal anguish through subtle acting and composition
- •Bold artistic direction elevates difficult subject matter to profound emotional resonance
What the audience disliked
- •Relentlessly dark tone and subject matter offers little reprieve or catharsis
- •Slow pacing may test patience for audiences seeking conventional narrative structure
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Where to watch Shame(US)
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