Bent NC-17

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  • Rated: NC-17
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: January 8, 2019
  • Originally Released: 1997
  • Label: Film Movement

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Fresh73%

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Total Count: 22

Upright77%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,169
Stylized yet substantive drama about the plight of homosexuals in the Holocaust. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Aug 30, 2002
Rating: 2/4 -- The material is not worthy of its setting. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Jan 1, 2000
...Arresting imagery...
Sight and Sound
Mar 1, 1998
Rating: 2.5/4 -- It's easy to see why playwright Martin Sherman's 1979 Bent was such a groundbreaking theatrical achievement and almost as easy to understand why the 1997 film adaptation failed to gain the same traction. Full Review
Film Frenzy
Jan 21, 2019
Rating: C+ -- The screen version of Sherman's play about homosexuals in Nazi Germany shows that tyro director Mathias doesn't know much about film for his erratic approach and inconsistent style bring out the play's weaknesses, though the acting is good.
Variety
Apr 18, 2006
Remains more a theatrical work than a cinematic one--but its dramatic story, powerful theme and historical importance are undeniable. Full Review
Film Journal International
Jan 1, 2000
...Mr. Owen and Mr. Bluteau both give intense, finely shaded performances...
New York Times
Nov 26, 1997

Product Description:

An interesting cast fills out this solemn production based on the play by Martin Sherman (who also wrote the screenplay). During WWII, a Berlin homosexual is caught up in the Nazi hysteria. After being forced to kill his lover, he is placed in a prison camp, where he lies so he will be classified as Jewish rather than homosexual. After a series a constitution-breaking incidents, his love for a fellow male prisoner brings him to admit his true nature. Features Mick Jagger in a brief role as a drag queen.

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  • UPC: 859686006994
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