Manu has lived a difficult life. Abused and violently raped, she sets off to find herself only to meet Nadine, a prostitute who has encountered one too many injustices in the world. Angry at the world, they embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip. They choose to have sex when they please and kill when they need. Leaving a trail of mischief and dead bodies in their wake. Generating a media blitz and manhunt, soon everyone is out to capture the young fugitives.
Like an eager kid trying too hard to be noticed, it ends up just being tiresome.
– John Zebrowski,
Seattle Times,
20 Jul 2001
rotten:
The movie's only value is in unwittingly defining more clearly how played out the whole transgressing-boundaries- as-art thing has become.
– Charles Savage,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct 2001
rotten:
Too ideologically earnest for the porn crowd and too hard-core for serious audiences.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
30 Nov 2001
rotten:
Baise-Moi is like a cheapie, vintage American exploitation movie, only one that goes so far beyond the bounds of taste that its affrontiveness becomes in large part what the film is about.
– Eric Harrison,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Feb 2002
rotten:
The mix of real sex and fake-looking violence in this 2000 French feature is curiously unprovocative.