Thoughts on: Shame
"Shame" is not only quite a surreal movie, but an oddly surreal movie. The main character shows such complex and conflicting emotions through very little dialogue, that it's actually quite hard to confidently know what's happening. Don't watch it if you expect fast-paced plot, or tonnes of awesome sex. While there's a huge amount of sex in it, it's almost entirely deliberately soulless. I'd compare Shame to hypnotically lethargic movies like Blue Valentine or Lost in Translation, but with a slightly more sinister tone. 8/10