I love this movie so much

Good start, but then it gets ruined

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I agree with most reviews which can be read here. Virginie Despentes film "Baise Moi" is not a good movie when it comes to filmmaking. (Besides, its soundtrack is not quite fitting in comparism to the late-ninties punk baseline of the book.)Nevertheless there are a few moments in which you can sense the intention of the novel behind it. Which is in my opinion worth reading. In her work Despentes tries to radically interchange heteronormative orders of men and women and furthermore reveals an insuperable neoliberal economic system from which its subjects, especially female-read characters, can not, in any way, break out. Regardless of how hard, violently or vulgarly they try to turn the tables or disguise in a carnivalesque manner.But the film is too short and simply broken down to violence and explicit (!) pornography. A spectator without background knowledge of Despentes novels or her way of writing (and talking) about feminist issues could easily be overwhelmed and offended by this obscure piece of french trash cinema.If you are still interested in the work of Virginie Despentes read "Baise Moi" and maybe some passages of her essay anthology "King Kong Theory". Not quite easy to consume but readable as a deconstructive attempt to make structures of both social and economic exploitation (of women) visible. With punk music, sex, hardcore porn, drugs and violence!

This film presents the dregs of the dregs. Do not believe the summary describing two girls marginalized by society. These girls just want to stay stoned any way possible. So they do anything with anything that will get them the money to stay drugged. They have no redeeming qualities. Zero. They are the colon of society, the sewer in which other drug addicts, pimps and dealers can unload their frustrations and anxieties. So when they go on a killing rampage you feel nothing for them. They never had any humanity. The sad part is there is no justice in the end after they have killed so many. There is nothing to believe in here.The sex and cinematography are both awful. You cannot see anything because of the style of exposure and what you can see is not the least bit sexy or erotic. A total waste of time.

I have never actually seen this movie before now in 2015, although I understand that it apparently did inspire a heap of other movies. So it was with some expectations and anticipation that I actually sat down to watch it.First of all, I will say that the story was actually good and the characters equally so. And the two women lead talents were doing really nice jobs with their given characters.That being said, then the potentially great movie was really butchered by the explicit sex scenes. It was just too much and too nasty. It was so tacky and sleazy. Director Virginie Despentes really massacred the movie with this adult contents.If this movie had been without the explicit sex scenes, then the movie would have received a seven out of ten stars rating from me. But given the sleazy level of the movie then I am compelled to rating it a mediocre five out of ten stars only.The DVD does come with a warning stating 'be warned - this film contains vivid scenes'. A warning that indeed should be taken to heart before watching the movie.

"Baise-moi" isn't the first film to combine un-simulated sex with elements of non-porn movies, actors and a "real" storyline. To mind come the infamous "Caligula", various exploitation pictures from the 70's and 80's, or Larry Clarks ill-fated "Ken Park", to name but a few.However, unlike the two movies mentioned above, who utilized explicit sex-scenes; "Baise-moi" comes across more as a porn-film that tries to disguise itself as a feminist's thriller. The basic story – two rape-victims go on a revenge-rampage – is simple, without much depth and the hardcore scenes seem randomly thrown in, for the sake of effect and scandal, rather than helping the films progress."Antagonists" Karen Bach and Raffaela Anderson definitely both can't live up to the skills of Geena Davis or Susan Sarandon; at no time able to disguise what they in reality are: porn-actresses. Same goes for the rest of the cast crew, who cannot deny the genre they've originated from (and, without doubt, will return to after this excursion into "real film"). I dare say that, in the times before straight-to-video (now internet) porn, there have been porn-productions, like the "Josefina Mutzenbacher"-films, that featured better actors and more solid story lines.It's unlikely that fans of feminist revenge-thrillers will be very interested in a film containing un-simulated sex scenes; for jaded gorehounds there is too little of that and people who're into cheap porn, well, those will know where to find that on the world wide web (or will forward during the cheap dialog and action scenes). Hence, the intended audience for this film escapes me.If you're looking for fresh, innovative or experimental thrillers with a shock-factor, I recommend the original "Funny Games" or "Man Bites Dog"; this film I can only give a sleazy 3 points from 10 and heart-felt 'je t'encule'.