Bitter Moon |  | Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Coyote, Victor Banerjee
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 26065
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 139 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0780643046
UPC: 794043634727
EAN: 9780780643048
ASIN: B00008YLV7
Theatrical Release Date: March 11, 1994
Release Date: June 3, 2003
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Product Description
A comtemporary drama about an American in Paris who falls in love with a young French woman and how their relationship deteriorates into sexual extremes.Running Time: 138 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794043634727
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 Only one redeeming feature July 1, 2010
Christean (California)
The psychodrama in this movie was overblown to the point of boredom. It was difficult to care for any character other than the one played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her performance, and a surprising twist near the end - which alone kept me from regretting seeing the entire film - brought the dark, ugly, unfunny movie up to two stars.
1994 Polanski September 21, 2009
Dr. Feelgood (USA)
Somewhat different than Polanski's other films, a Black Comedy, which focuses more upon telling a story, than it does, anything. It sucks the viewer in, just like Nigel, played by Hugh Grant. The subject matter of the film also doesn't take it self so seriously, which is why the film works on that level.
 Bitter Moon Casts a Bright Light July 28, 2009
Richard Masloski (New Windsor, New York USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Bitter Moon" directed by the amazing Roman Polanski is gorgeously photographed, impeccably acted by one and all, magnificently scored and with a story that will knock your socks off, both literally and figuratively! This may well be Polanski's best film. It most probably is his most personal.
Watch it with knowing as little as possible about it. Be drawn into it the way you would be drawn into a carnival sideshow. The sideshow here is about sex...and love...and life...and, of course, death. This is a movie about passion and carnal questions and questings and the sado-masochistic impulses that work the puppet strings of the human race. It is a comedy and a tragedy, simultaneously. It is over-the-top and below-the-belt, simultaneously. It is arguably the best film ever made about the male/female sexual and romantic dynamic and dichotomy.
"Bitter Moon" does, indeed, cast a bright light on the deepest yearnings and burnings of men and women.
Uniquely Entertaining yet mind provoking! October 31, 2008
Morten Lokkegaard (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The story line is twisted to put it mildly but never boring for a second and interestingly making for great conversation after viewing...
I will not divulge any of the plot (too much has already been spilled in other reviews) and while the plot is amazingly thought out and delivered by Scorsese, the plot really does not matter as much as the characters and their stories.
What matters more in my mind is the characters (all brilliantly acted) who show sides that are deeply engraved in all of us (thankfully in less extreme denominations in most cases). The movie take the obsession, anger, feeling of guilt, revenge, pity, dependence, lust to the extreme but with a bit of soul searching we can relate to the underlying urges and feelings and if we allow it, the movie leaves one thinking afterwards remembering our own experiences and our own behavior in difficult situations over the years.
No one can ever claim this movie did not touch something in them and even its harshest critics are spellbound to the screen throughout the movie.
A must see.
One of my all time favorites October 8, 2008
Karl Consiglio (Malta)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bitter Moon is not necessarily Polanski's best film but it certainly ranks as one of my favorites, at least on a personal level rather than film critique as such. Its a very tight film, very romantic, almost too romantic in fact the higher we go the greater the fall. A great story with most interesting characters in it and a very seductive narration. I definitely recommend you take this journey, a great lesson in love.
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