Critic Reviews

Repulsion (1965) Rank 4 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Repulsion (1965) a score of 3.2304 out of 4

based on (25) reviews

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Excellent

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(12)

Good

(4)

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Reviews by Score:

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

This is Roman Polanski's most microscopically focused tale of paranoia, and arguably his greatest achievement. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

Prepare yourself to be demolished when you go to see it -- and go you must, because it's one of those films everybody will soon be buzzing about. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)

Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)

Its two-way prism of audio-visual embellishments intuits a woman's fractured psyche and catches super-cool flashes of the audience's perverse cine-desires. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)

San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)

Repulsion is a frightening, fiercely entertaining experience that holds up to time. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

This is an austere, scary, and timeless Grand Guignol work -- one with little dialogue. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)

Carol, a manicurist from Belgium, is flatting in London with her sister Helen. Helen goes away for the weekend with her boyfriend, leaving Carol behind in the flat. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at MovieJustice (Dan DeVore)

TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

One of the most frightening and disturbing pictures ever made, REPULSION contains a scene in which a man's face is slashed with a razor until he dies, captured by Polanski's camera with a clinical expertise that pushes the viewer's nervous system to the ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

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Friday and Saturday Night (--)

It's fair to call Roman Polanski's "Replusion" a somewhat-dated classic. Its views on sex may strike modern viewers as outmoded 1960s non-conformity, or maybe an extremist side of the sexual revolution. ...read the complete Repulsion movie review at Friday and Saturday Night (--)