Descent
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In the wake of a violent rape that leaves her shattered and emotionally destroyed, a star college student (Rosario Dawson) with a once-promising future descends into a downward spiral of depression, drug abuse and promiscuity. Talia Lugacy directs this Tribeca Film Festival selection that explores what happens when the victim ultimately gets the chance to exact revenge upon her attacker (Chad Faust).
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- With "Descent," first-time feature filmmaker Talia Lugacy explores the psychic aftershocks of a rape. The movie is hard to watch but essential to see. Read the review
- Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics
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[Rosario Dawson] could have provided a 100-minute closeup and revealed more about human nature and anguish than all of Descent. full review
John Anderson, VarietyYou'll want to avert your eyes from this intense and intensely unpleasant drama about rape and revenge.
Stephen Farber, Hollywood ReporterA well-acted trifle straining to be a hard-hitting morality play. full review
Ernest Hardy, Village VoiceIt's been a while since we saw a demagogic feminist exploitation revenge drama, and Descent, while top-heavy with 'agenda,' is shrewdly done. full review
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment WeeklyLook-at-me-I'm-a-filmmaker photography, pacing that has all the thrills of waiting in line at the post office and an utterly predictable plot combine to make the movie even worse than the hacky chick revenge fantasy now showing on channel 186 of your box. full review
Kyle Smith, New York PostNo moviegoer has done anything to deserve the images that director Talia Lugacy would throw in their face. full review
Jack Mathews, New York Daily NewsIt's a lot like a '70s exploitation movie, with its determination to seduce and shock the viewer with alternating currents of electrical stimulus, and its weird combination of arty arch-decadence and neo-Victorian moralizing. full review
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.comIt's indie provocation trapped between shock and blah. full review
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times[Dramatizes] the experience and the psychological aftermath of rape with a vividness I've never seen in an American film.
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Timesfull review by James Berardinelli, ReelViewsfull review by Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weeklyfull review by Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
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- Release Year: 2007
- MPAA Rating: NC-17
- Runtime: 104 min
- Available From: Jul 08, 2012
- Available Until: Dec 31, 2099
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