Violation

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Violation

2020

Directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli

A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.

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Lucy
Review by Lucy ★★★½ 6

SUNDANCE 2021: film #21

“it’s empowering knowing you don’t need anyone to look after you”

visceral and methodical and very lars von trier, this packs a punch like i haven’t seen in a while. it kind of drags a bit when dialogue is concerned and overstays its welcome, but the gruesome and almost unwatchable gore demanded my full attention. i think the biggest reason this works for me is the realism in actually seeking revenge and the fear (or reality) of not even reaching catharsis afterwards. it also served as a nice reminder that i really need to rewatch revenge (2017)

𝚮𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖉𝖊 🙏🏻
Review by 𝚮𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖉𝖊 🙏🏻 ½ 13

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

claira curtis
Review by claira curtis ★★★★½ Liked 4

One of the most visceral experiences I’ve encountered within the rape-revenge subgenre. And yet, also one of the most intentionally thought out and respectful of the genre as well. Made by survivors for survivors. I felt empowered and represented so well. So much to comment on but I want to sit on this one for a little while and really let it stew. 

For now..... 2021 Ranked

Sundance Watch #17

matt lynch
Review by matt lynch ★★★½ Liked

A thoroughly considered, very attentive, and thoughtful consideration of trauma and anger and resentment and violence. Not at all timid, nor self-consciously bleak. But I always felt carefully guided towards its conclusions, never left on my own, never once unsafe. And I think that's a problem, although perhaps this is one of those "says more about me than the movie" situations.

nick
Review by nick ★★★½ Liked

As another female revenge thriller, Violation definitely has its moments with its rather straightforward formula and violence galore. However, when the biggest talking point of a feminist story revolves around shots of an erected penis, I'm not sure if it's good news for Violation.

Rather than adopting a multi-layered story of suspense and tension as in Promising Young Women, Violation opted to cut to the chase with its brutal tale of female retribution, with the primary focus on a woman's journey of self salvation after a weekend getaway gone wrong. It's not the most groundbreaking premise by any stretch of the imagination, but Violation surely compensated for it with its quite effective warping of the timeline, to maximize the emotional…

Bevan R. Clark
Review by Bevan R. Clark ★★★

Me watching a wolf devour a rabbit- “That is symbolism!”

Me watching a spider trapped in a glass- “That is symbolism!”

Me watching a huge boner- “That is a huge boner!”

Cinéologist
Review by Cinéologist ★★★★½ Liked 4

Once a friend (with benefits) suggested that I spend the night. And when one of us fell asleep, the other should… go inside, if you know what I mean. “That’s rape,” I said, almost as an involuntary reaction, while attempting to detect a hint of whether the proposal was a joke. Suddenly there was uncomfortable confusion in the air. “It would be sexy,” retorted the voice right next to my ear but it felt like the words were coming from farther away. “No, that’s rape. And it’s not sexy,” I insisted. Needless to say, I decided not to spend the night.

Too many people still have this idea that rape is a woman being dragged into a dark alley, shrieking…

Jacob
Review by Jacob ★ 3

[Content warning for mentions of rape and sexual assault.]

Sundance 2021: Movie #10

"It's only gonna bite you later on."

I don't think this amounts to much. There's about fifteen minutes max of story in the whole thing. It takes a while to get going, and then the action is violently broken up by long-winded flashbacks. The entire final act is pointless, daring to give us even more redundant flashbacks and falling action. I don't know what the goal of this was beyond representing something realistically. Realism in and of itself is not a story nor a theme. I cannot recall the last time I saw a film so slight on substance, and the ungraceful oscillation between boredom and disgust…

Dawson
Review by Dawson ★★½ 3

been awhile since i’ve seen a fully erect penis in a festival movie so that was a nice change of pace, at least.

kyle
Review by kyle ★½ 3

i’m sorry but i still can’t get over the erect penis on screen for like 10 minutes??? who was the viagra prescriber on set? did they cast him knowing his dick was big? how many penii did they sift through? anyways i’m glad she did what she did 

SUNDANCE '21 #4

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