Roger Ebert
Well, of course Bitter Moon is wretched excess. But Polanski directs it without compromise or apology.
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Bitter Moon
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife in this Roman Polanski feature starring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas.
1992Rating: R139 minsFrance, UK, USA
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Bitter Moon / Reviews
The Washington Post
During 2 1/2 hours of choppy waters, soured love affairs and seasickly moods, the controversial director's Lust Boat becomes the Loathe Boat. By then, it's way too late for Dramamine.
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One of Polanski's most celebrated directorial motifs, the decimation of human bodies as a reflection of their withering spirits, is brutally forthright in Bitter Moon.
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Chicago Reader
It's a matter of some dispute whether Roman Polanski's letter to the darker side of the romantic impulse, but there's little question that this is his most emotionally complex movie.
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Independent
Bitter Moon is half-digested and grossly undramatised, a loop-tape of explanations and voiceover; the longer it goes on, the more it drains our interest away.
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