Irreversible

Name: Irreversible
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2013-02-12

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Storyline

A suburban road is rocked when the boy who spends every day sat on the drive staring into space, vanishes. As the parents hope for the safe return of their child, the neighboring stoner brothers must account for their actions on the day he went missing. The mystery can be covered up only so far and there will be consequences.

Details

DirectorLewis Metcalfe

ReleasedFeb 12, 2013

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Though well-filmed, Irreversible feels gratuitous in its extreme violence.”

60% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Terry Lawson

RTDetroit Free PressMay 9, 2003

Extremely difficult to endure, and if you choose to endure it, it could leave you feeling angry and upset. Nevertheless, this is serious filmmaking, and Noe is a gifted filmmaker.

Bill Muller

RTArizona RepublicApr 24, 2003

A fascinating study in excess, a movie that seduces and repulses as it explores the merciless nature of fate.

David Edelstein

RTSlateApr 22, 2003

There is nothing moral about Irreversible -- only sneeringly superior and nihilistic, like Johnny Rotten at his most fatuous.

Tom Cassidy

RTCommon Sense MediaJan 27, 2026

It's impossible to have a good time watching this dizzying French thriller. But it's also impossible to deny the power of writer-director Gaspar Noé's Irreversible.