Total FilmFassbender is the full package in a carnal drama that spares no blushes and pulls no punches. Likely to be one of 2012s brav...
Salon ArtsA visual and sonic symphony, and a Dante-esque journey through a New York nightworld where words are mostly useless or worse...
The New YorkerFassbender, who was, frankly, much sexier and more devilish in "X-Men: First Class," is required to spend much of his time s...
The New York TimesHow can visual pleasure communicate existential misery? It is a real and interesting challenge, and if Shame falls short of ...
USA TodayFassbender's portrayal is truly haunting, and when he sobs, dramatically unraveling, it's clear he's imprisoned by his physi...
Wall Street JournalMuch of the film is banal or pretentious, or both -- vacuous vignettes about emptiness. Occasionally, though, those vignette...
New York Daily NewsThese characters are stripped bare in every sense, reflecting an extreme degree of inner confusion, vulnerability and fear. ...
SlateThis sleek-looking but curiously unfocused character study never quite gets down to the business of showing us who Brandon i...
Los Angeles TimesThis is a psychologically claustrophobic film that strips its characters bare literally and figuratively, leaving them, and ...
Washington PostWhat movies so often relegate to the margins of pornography or sophomoric titillation is radically redefined here, stripped ...
San Francisco ChronicleShame has a lolling pace and stunning visual clarity. Structurally, it's close to perfect.
The Boston GlobeThere's a misery in Fassbender that's spellbinding. I rolled my eyes for most of Shame. But never at him.
The Philadelphia InquirerMcQueen finds the exquisite tension between the brother wanting to disconnect and the sister longing for connection.
Chicago Sun-TimesThere's a close-up in "Shame" of Michael Fassbender's face showing pain, grief and anger.
Entertainment WeeklyA Dangerous Method moves forward with a calm that belies the revolutionary notions of personality construction being discuss...
/FilmSearing performances, beautiful cinematography (from McQueen’s Hunger collaborator, Sean Bobbitt), and a deeply personal sto...
Hollywood ReporterStrong stuff on the sexual wild side from bold director Steve McQueen and the extraordinary Michael Fassbender.
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Partial Film Information
Director: Steve McQueen
Writer: Abi Morgan
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale
Release: December 14, 2011
Writer: Abi Morgan
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale
Release: December 14, 2011
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