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One of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is beyond me that such a thing gets actually produced. The only remarkable moment in this pathetic effort of an Hamlet adaption is when the Ophelia (Julia) character eats dry dog food.

After I had finished the book (in one session) I was totally smitten. And one of the first thoughts that occured to me was, damn, this is the stuff good movies are made of, but then I thought, no, you cannot possibly make a movie that does the book justice and get it actually shown on the big screen at the same time. Baise Moi, for whichever reason, was never released in Austria. I have watched it on DVD, an Italian release with a runtime of 75 minutes. I have no idea what cuts have been made but there are a lot of essential scenes missing that were in the book. I'd really like to know what the runtime of the original cut was and if some of these missing scenes have actually been shot or not, specifically, to mention just one, the scene in the pastry shop where they shoot the toddler. Still, this is a very good movie - if you judge it per se and not in conjunction with the book. I'd probably give it higher credit had I not read the book before. Both leading ladies, Rafaella Anderson and Karen Bach, are excellent and thoroughly convincing in their roles. The music by Varou Jan really kicks. Benoit Chamillard's cinematography with ample use of steady cam takes you on a visually stunning thrill ride that leaves you catching for breath. Coralie Trinh Thi's direction is very good, too. she lead her principal actresses (and the rest of the cast) to top performances. Still she is to blame for the movie's main shortcomings as she co-wrote the script. I am totally disappointed (maybe my expectations were just too high) by Virginie Despentes' adaption of her own book. Probably her own inner censor took over, or, to phrase it differently: cinema as the art of the possible. I voted it a 9.

This is the worst film I have ever seen in my life. No acting, not a single good shot, music that does not deserve the name and totally inept direction. Plot, story development: subzero. But we want to be art, we breathe it in every single cut. All the "actors" look meaningful all the time. God, and do we get rave reviews. Totally worthless piece of ... Seeing it means you waste two valuable hours of your life! There are not so few people, though, who mistake it for a documentary.