A perfect example of the kind of material that, theoretically, anyway, can be acceptable on paper but becomes so repugnant when visualized on the screen that it further dehumanizes the human spirit, which is supposed to be the artist's concern.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Very hard to take, but in its own way an essential work.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2007
rotten:
It's very hard to sit through and offers no insights whatsoever into power, politics, history or sexuality. Nasty stuff.