We all have those movies that we really enjoy, but for one reason or another aren’t in any hurry to revisit. Sometimes it’s because the material is full of gruesome violence or hard to watch moments, which can ruin our desire to sit through the torture ever again. Other times it’s hard to justify repeating another three and a half hours on a well-made, but painfully slow movie (we’re looking at you Jeanne Dielman!).  It’s easy to be torn on these films. We’re quick to sing their praises—but not as quick to recommend them.

Here’s a list of some of our favorite films we loved watching the first time, but don’t see ourselves returning to anytime soon. Enjoy watching them, but please don’t ask us over for the viewing.

#1. Irreversible

If you’re not aware of Irreversible, consider your lifespan lengthened by at least a few months, and know that the film tells the story of Alex (Monica Bellucci, in career-defining mode) and her boyfriend Marcel (Vincent Cassel, brilliantly unhinged) over the course of a single night, in reverse chronological order. In terms of raw emotion, it makes Memento look like a Cheerios commercial. Considering it’s been over 10 years since it came out, it’s no spoiler to say that Irreversible contains the most realistic rape scene I’ve ever seen in any film, and once that scene was over, I knew that Gaspar Noé had created something equal parts impactful and degenerate, and that one viewing was more than enough. Technically speaking, the film is genius (for the time it came out, its camera trickery was fresh and exciting). I may have been more affected than I would’ve otherwise had anyone but Bellucci been cast (full disclosure, guys: she’s my eternal crush), but I’m pretty sure that it’s Noé’s unflinching depiction of humanity at its most depraved, the scarily realistic performances, and that emotional sledgehammer of an ending/beginning, that makes me never want to see Irreversible again while simultaneously admiring its undeniable artistry. [Nik]

#2. The Act of Killing

It’s hard for me to think of any other film in the last several years with the same impact as The Act of Killing (review). Joshua Oppenheimer’s investigation into the deaths of millions during a military coup in 1960s Indonesia is like diving head first into the worst of humanity. What Oppenheimer observes (and participates in) is a world where evil prevails. Military leaders responsible for massacring entire villages are hailed as heroes, corruption runs rampant, and families of the survivors have to stay quiet if they want to live. What’s so bothersome about Oppenheimer’s film isn’t just seeing the casual disregard for human lives; it’s the way he implicates the viewer and their complicity in the on-screen horrors. The Act of Killing is a monumental piece of filmmaking, but it’s also one that forces viewers to confront the severe costs of their inaction and ignorance. It’s an ugly film, one that made me feel physically ill watching it, and one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen. I just know that it’ll be a long time before I see it again. [CJ]

#3. Shame

It’s always hard to delve so deeply into the life of someone that is in many ways broken, and a second time might just prove too much for many. In the case of Steve McQueen’s Shame (review), Brandon’s life is certainly one that I don’t feel capable of entering again, even as a witness. Ultimately, this is a testament to the quality of the film—the raw emotion that we are confronted with is exactly what makes it so hard to watch. Fassbender is disconcertingly convincing as a man whose day-to-day life is an endless search for another orgasm, with each one simply acting as a step towards finding the next. The concept of dissatisfaction at every moment is portrayed so precisely it would be beautiful if it wasn’t thoroughly depressing. Both Fassbender and McQueen inject Brandon’s character with so much apathy that we can’t help but feel for him – it’s almost as though we are doing the feeling for him. And while that’s involving and highly compelling, it is also far too emotionally draining to go through again. [Pavi]

#4. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

There are films I describe as “essential” viewing while almost always following up with the word “once.” I don’t think there is any shame in admiring a film greatly and recognizing that being in the mood to watch it repeatedly in one’s lifetime is highly unlikely. I’d even go so far as to say that Precious (review) was one of those films I might never had seen if I’d truly known what I was getting into. Does it have amazing performances? Yes. Does it have moving emotional transformations? Yes. Does it have an unnecessarily long title due to someone’s ill-placed concern that there’d be any confusion whatsoever in confusing this film for a superhero action film released in the same year? Weirdly so. Additionally, it has the abuse of a pregnant teen by her welfare-addicted mother, repeated rape from her father, and a cast of characters who finally give this young woman the support she needs to take control of her life. But for every heart melting scene are about 10 scenes of a mother throwing pots and TVs at a girl living a hell that most of us couldn’t even dream up. The ratio is a tough balance. But I still say see it. Once. [Ananda]

#5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Easily one of the most shocking and disturbing documentaries I have ever witnessed (and not simply because one of the subjects shares my name), Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father illustrates one man’s journey to memorialize his murdered friend, when that friend’s ex-girlfriend announces she’s expecting a son. The tone indicates early on that the only way this story will end is in disaster. Documentarian Kurt Kuenne tracks the life of Dr. Andrew Bagby from his childhood when he and Kurt made films together as friends, through Bagby’s adulthood, marriage, and ultimate murder. In speaking with Bagby’s family, Kuenne paints a picture not only of a good man killed in cold blood, but the frightening fallout from his murder. Throughout the film, you’re left angered that so little was done to prevent what ultimately occurred; however, it’s also easy to understand the inevitability of this tragedy. That doesn’t make watching events unfold within Dear Zachary any less devastating. The documentary may not be an intricately constructed masterpiece but the story it portrays is among the saddest realities an audience will have to face, just not one you’ll want to watch twice. [Zach]

#6. The Hunt

At about the 15-minute mark, The Hunt (review) takes a turn so unsettling that the film becomes uncomfortable to watch, and it remains uncomfortable to watch for its duration. The film tells the tale of a man—a kindergarten employee, no less—who is wrongly accused of being a pedophile. A young, confused child points the wrong finger at the wrong guy for the wrong reason and that guy’s life is over as quickly as word of his alleged actions can spread through the small, close-knit community and its micro-mob mentality. Pedophilia is like no other crime. When kids have potentially been exposed to a pedophile, there is no “innocent until proven guilty” in the court of public opinion. The film maximizes this wonderfully, especially in its depiction of the townspeople’s actions. What ultimately sells the tension, though, is that the viewer knows he’s innocent. This is no whodunit. There is no playing around with “did he or didn’t he?” and waiting for that “twist” to drive the final opinion on the film. His innocence is a fact, which raises the stakes on his pathos, which ratchets the unease of the viewer. Tack on a last shot for the ages and this unforgettable film is best left preserved in the memory. [Michael]

#7. Hard to be a God

It’s hard for me to add any other superlatives that CJ hasn’t already used in his fantastic write-up of the downright depraved Russian film Hard to be a God. Alesky German directed this brutal and savage film about a group of scientists who travel from Earth to another planet going through their own Medieval Age. Told not to interfere with the going-ons on the planet, they must sit back and watch as people are viciously murdered and treated like scum. German’s film is 3 hours of straight unholy debauchery where people trudge through mud, carcuses (human and animals) and mounds and mounds of excrement. If the setting isn’t disgusting enough, German constantly has objects (animate and not) directly in front of the action to add an immediacy to the ongoings, putting you right in the middle of all the action. About an hour in, I started to get queasy and almost had to stop watching. There has never been a film like Hard to be a God and there will probably never will be. [Blake]

#8. The Master

Initially my thoughts leaned to movies that evoked a positive memory such as Master and Commander or The Last Samurai–movies I only ever saw once but loved so much that I purchased them–and then never got around to watching them again. Their length and tendency towards tediousness always at the forefront when passing over them come movie night. The possibility for a future viewing is still there, however. On the other hand, it’s hard for me to say that I loved The Master (review). In fact, for a very long time I was determined to vocalize my absolute dislike for it. I don’t remember a second of that movie that I wasn’t cringing. But in thinking about where the roots of my aversion were, I couldn’t admit that it was the performances. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams were outstanding. Ultimately I came to the realization that, in fact, this movie was really well done. Centered around self-worshiping, semi-psychotic, narcissistic con-men who prey on the weak and vulnerable, one has no choice but to respond with vitriol. So…kudos to everyone involved in the making of such a great movie, but I will never watch it again. [Scarlet]

#9. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Honestly, the concept of loving a film despite never wanting to watch it again really doesn’t register with me. If there is something in a movie that works for me, no matter how violent, draining or depressing it might be, it’s going to be something I will consider revisiting. That said, John McNaughton’s troubling Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a film I’m not itching to see again for a long time. Known primarily as a horror film—I remember seeing the VHS in the same vicinity of the video store as other 1980’s gems Chopping Mall and Brain Damage, but Henry is far, far from these silly blood-splatter flicks. It’s darkly honest and straight-ahead script and documentary shooting style is a fascinating approach to the genre, but also a bit icky. Truthfully, there aren’t a lot of scares, but the intense commitment of everyone involved (from the screenwriters, to the director, to star Michael Rooker) get us inside this character, eventually taking us places we really don’t want to be. Personally, the film is made all too real in part by the Chicago street cinematography—though Wicker Park and its surrounding areas have dramatically changed over the last 30 years, it’s still recognizable enough to make me a little more aware of my own environment. [Aaron]

#10. Enter the Void

Yes, another Gaspar Noé film on this list. Adding to his collection of challenging films, Noé trades the excessive violence and brutality of Irreversible for excessive visuals and runtime in Enter the Void. The film (review) is packed with intoxicating visuals from pulsating neon lights to ghost-like camera movements that pass through walls and buildings, completely disorienting the senses like an acid trip. And because it clocks in at over two and a half hours—it’s one long trip. There’s a lot to admire from artistic and technical standpoints as some moments in the film are unlike anything seen before in film. However, the sensory overload eventually becomes exhausting to the point you’d wish it would just end already. Not helping matters is a meandering script which stretches about 30 minutes worth of material into 161 minutes. If you ever wanted to experience DMT without actually doing it, one time through Enter the Void should do the trick. But unlike the drug, you won’t be itching to go back to it. [Dustin]

#11. Mr. Nanny

I’m pretty sure Mr. Nanny is legitimately considered one of the worst movies of all time. Hulk Hogan plays a former professional wrestler who becomes a nanny to make ends meet…so yeah. It’s ridiculous. But you know what? When I watched it as a kid in the early ‘90s, I had the time of my f*cking life! I’ve been a huge Hulkamaniac since birth (I had a plush toy and action figures and video games), so to see my red-and-yellow hero star in his own movie was the coolest thing ever! I remember laughing my little ass off at every single dumb gag and thinking the Hulkster was going to be a HUGE movie star (my taste in actors is better now, I promise). I saw the movie on a VHS tape rented from Blockbuster (those were the days) and never saw it again, probably because it sucked so much no network wanted to run it. But man, did I have a blast watching it that day. Sure, I could probably find it again online and replace my old memories with new, sh*tty ones, but what’s the use in that? [Bernard]

There were a total of 615 films that have been released in 2010. Here is the total list alphabetically, in case you need to make a Top 10 of 2010 or if you were at all curious (courtesy of indieWire).

[Rec] 2
127 Hours
16 to Life
180 South
2012: Time for Change
3 Billion and Counting
44 Inch Chest
45365
8: The Mormon Proposition

A Film Unfinished
A Film With Me in It
A Marine Story
A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Prophet
A Room and a Half
A Small Act
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
A Year Ago in January
After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United
After.Life
Agora
Ahead of Time
Ajami
Alamar
Alice in Wonderland
Alien Girl
All Good Things
Alpha and Omega 3D
Altiplano
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein
And Everything Is Going Fine
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Anton Chekhov’s The Duel
Applause
Around a Small Mountain
As Good as Dead
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?
Audrey the Trainwreck

Babies
Barefoot to Timbuktu
Barking Water
Barney’s Version
Bearcity
Beautiful Islands
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Behind the Burly Q
Beijing Taxi
Beneath the Dark
Best Worst Movie
Between Two Worlds
Biker Fox
Bitch Slap
Bitter Feast
Biutiful
Black Swan
Blood Done Sign My Name
Blue Valentine
Bluebeard
Boogie Woogie
Boxing Gym
Bran Nue Dae
Break ke Baad
Breaking Upwards
Breath Made Visible
Broderskab
Brooklyn’s Finest
Brotherhood
Budrus
Buried
Burlesque
Burzynski

Ca$h
Cairo Time
Carbon Nation
Carlos
Carmo, Hit the Road
Case 39
Casino Jack
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Catfish
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Centurion
Chain Letter
Chance Pe Dance
Charlie St. Cloud
Cherry
Children of Invention
Chloe
Circle
City Island
Clash of the Titans
Clear Blue Tuesday
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
Come Undone
Con Artist
Convention
Conviction
Cool It
Cop Out
Countdown to Zero
Country Strong
Crazy on the Outside
Creation
Cropsey
Cyrus

Dabangg
Daddy Longlegs
Daddy’s Home
Dancing Across Borders
Daniel and Ana
Date Night
Daybreakers
DDR/DDR
De Mai Tinh
Deadfall Trail
Dear John
Death at a Funeral
Defendor
Delta
Despicable Me
Devil
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dinner for Schmucks
Disco and Atomic War
District B13 – Ultimatum
Dogtooth
Don McKay
Double Take
Double Tide
Douchebag
Down Terrace
Dream Boy
Dreamkiller
Due Date
Dulha Mil Gaya

Easier with Practice
Easy A
Eat Pray Love
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
Edge of Darkness
Eichmann
Enemies of the People
Enter the Void
Entre Nos
Etienne!
Everyone Else
Everything Strange and New
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Expecting Mary
Extraordinary Measures
Eyes Wide Open

Fair*Game
Falling Awake
Farewell
Faster
Finding Bliss
Fish Tank
Flipped
Flooding with Love for the Kid
Floored
For Colored Girls
For My Father
Formosa Betrayed
Four Lions
Frankie and Alice
Freakonomics
Fresh
From Paris With Love
Frozen
Furry Vengeance

Garbage Dreams
GasLand
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead
Get Him to the Greek
Get Low
GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho’s Please Stand Up?
Ghost Bird
God of Vampires
Godspeed
Going Blind
Going the Distance
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
Great Directors
Green Zone
Greenberg
Grown Ups
Gulliver’s Travels
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Guzaarish

Hadewijch
Handsome Harry
Happiness Runs
Happy Tears
Harimaya Bridge, The
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suss
Harlem Aria
Harry Brown
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Hatchet II
Have You Heard from Johannesburg?
Heartbreaker
Heartless
Helen
Hell on Wheels
Hemingway’s Garden of Eden
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
Here and There
Hereafter
Hideaway
Hiding Divya
Holy Rollers
Honeymoons
Hot Summer Days
Hot Tub Time Machine
House
How Do You Know
How to Train Your Dragon
Howl
Hubble 3D
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, Rebel

I Am Love
I Love You Phillip Morris
I Spit on Your Grave
I Want Your Money
I’m Still Here
Idiots and Angels
In My Sleep
In My Sleep
In Search of Memory
Inception
Inhale
Inside Job
Inspector Bellamy
Iron Man 2
Ishqiya
It Came from Kuchar
It’s a Bash!
It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Jack Goes Boating
Jackass 3D
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
John Rabe
Jolene
Jonah Hex
Just Say Love
Just Wright
Karthik Calling Karthik
Kawasaki’s Rose
Kick-Ass
Killers
Kimjongilia
Kings of Pastry
Kings of the Evening
Kisses
Kites
Knight and Day

La Mission
Last Train Home
Lbs.
Leap Year
Leaves of Grass
Leaving
Lebanon
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3D
Legendary
Legion
Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Let Me In
Letters to Father Jacob
Letters to God
Letters to Juliet
Life As We Know It
Life During Wartime
Like Dandelion Dust
Little Fockers
Living in Emergency
Logan
Looking for Eric
Lottery Ticket
Lourdes
Love & Other Drugs
Love Ranch
Lovely, Still
Lovers of Hate

MacGruber
Machete
Made in Dagenham
Mademoiselle Chambon
Make-Out with Violence
Making Plans for Lena
Manuela and Manuel
Mao’s Last Dancer
Marmaduke
Mars
Marwencol
Megamind
Mercy
Meskada
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One
Micmacs
Mid-August Lunch
Middle Men
Midnight Reckoning
Milh Hadha al-Bahr
Milk and Money
Mine
Misconceptions
Modern Love Is Automatic
Modus Operandi
Monsters
Morning Glory
Mother
Mother and Child
Mugabe and the White African
Multiple Sarcasms
Mundane History
Murder in Fashion
Music Makes a City
My Dog Tulip
My Name is Khan
My Soul to Take
My Year Without Sex

N-Secure
Nanny McPhee Returns
Ne change rien
Nénette
Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
Never Let Me Go
Night Catches Us
Nine Nation Animation
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Nobody’s Perfect
North Face
Nothing Personal
Nowhere Boy
Nuremberg restoration
NY Export: Opus Jazz

Ocean of Pearls
Oceans
October Country
Off and Running
Ondine
Only When I Dance
Open Five
Open Five
Operation: Endgame
Order of Chaos
Our Beloved Month of August
Our Family Wedding

Paranormal Activity 2
Patrik, Age 1.5
Peepli Live
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Perrier’s Bounty
Phish 3D
Phyllis and Harold
Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies
Picture Me: A Model’s Diary
Piranha 3D
Please Give
Pop Star on Ice
Pornography: A Thriller
Preacher’s Kid
Predators
Primal
Prince of Broadway
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Princess Kaiulani
Prodigal Sons
Punching the Clown

Queen of the Lot

Raavan
Rabbit à la Berlin
Rabbit Hole
Race to Nowhere
Rachel
Racing Dreams
Rajneeti
Ramona and Beezus
Rann
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
RED
Red Alert: The War Within
Red Birds
Red Hill
Red Riding: 1974
Red Riding: 1980
Red Riding: 1983
Red White & Blue
Remember Me
Repo Men
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D
Restrepo
Robert Jay Lifton: Nazi Doctors
Robin Hood
Rosencrantz and Guildenstein are Undead
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

S&Man
Saint John of Las Vegas
Salt
Salt of This Sea
Saw VII 3D
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Secret Sunshine
Secretariat
Sex and the City 2
Shanghai Red
She’s Out of My League
Shrek Forever After
Shutter Island
Shutterburg
Skyline
Smash His Camera
Solitary Man
Somewhere
Soul Kitchen
South of the Border
Speed-Dating
Splice
Spoken Word
Spring Fever
Standing Ovation
Step Up 3D
Still Bill
Stolen
Stone
Stonewall Uprising
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields
Sweetgrass
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

Takers
Tales From the Script
Tamara Drewe
Tangled
Teen Patti
Terkel in Trouble
Terribly Happy
The A-Team
The Afterlight
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
The American
The Anchorage
The Army of Crime
The Art of the Steal
The Back-up Plan
The Big Uneasy
The Book of Eli
The Bounty Hunter
The Cartel
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The City of Your Final Destination
The Company Men
The Concert
The Crazies
The Cremaster Cycle
The Debt
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
The Dry Land
The Eclipse
The Expendables
The Exploding Girl
The Extra Man
The Father of My Children
The Fighter
The Freebie
The Ghost Writer
The Girl
The Girl on the Train
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The Girl with the Dragon Tatto
The Good Guy
The Good Heart
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Greatest
The Happy Poet
The Human Centipede
The Illusionist
The Joneses
The Juche Idea
The Karate Kid
The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Grow Up
The Killer Inside Me
The King’s Speech
The Korean
The Last Airbender
The Last Exorcism
The Last New Yorker
The Last Play at Shea
The Last Song
The Last Station
The Legend of Pale Male
The Living Wake
The Losers
The Lottery
The Magician
The Milk of Sorrow
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The Nature of Existence
The New Year
The Next Three Days
The Nutcracker in 3D
The Oath
The Other City
The Other Guys
The Paranoids
The Parking Lot Movie
The People I’ve Slept With
The Perfect Game
The Portuguese Nun
The Red Baron
The Romantics
The Runaways
The Secret in Their Eyes
The Secret of Kells
The Sicilian Girl
The Social Network
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Spy Next Door
The Square
The Strange Case of Anjelica
The Sun Behind the Clouds
The Switch
The Taqwacores
The Tempest
The Temptation of St. Tony
The Thorn in the Heart
The Tillman Story
The Tooth Fairy
The Tourist
The Town
The Trial
The Trotsky
The Trouble with Terkel
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
The Two Escobars
The Vicious Kind
The Virginity Hit
The Warlords
The Warrior’s Way
The Weathered Underground
The Wildest Dream
The Winning Season
The Wolf Man
Tibet in Song
Ticked-Off Trannies with Knives
Tiny Furniture
To Die for Tano
To Save a Life
To the Sea
Today’s Special
Toe to Toe
Total Badass
Touching Home
Toy Story 3
Trash Humpers
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Twelve
Two in the Wave

Udaan
Undertow
Unstoppable
Urville

Valentine’s Day
Valhalla Rising
Valley of the Hearts Delight
Vampires Suck
Veer
Videocracy
Vincere
Violet Tendencies
Vision
Visionaries

Wah do dem
Waiting for Armageddon
Waiting for Superman
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
Waste Land
Watercolors
We Are Family
Welcome to the Rileys
What If…
When in Rome
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors
White Material
White on Rice
White Wedding
Whiz Kids
Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?
Who Killed Nancy?
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Wild Grass
Wild Target
Willets Point
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Winnebago Man
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Winter’s Bone
Women Without Men
Wonderful World
World on a Wire

Yellow Handkerchief, The
Yogi Bear
You Again
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Won’t Miss Me
Youth in Revolt

It is difficult to describe Enter The Void in words because the film is completely about the visuals, which results in more of an experience than a traditional film. It will likely be unlike anything else that you have seen before. However, you should know going in, it is not an easy film to watch. The long run-time of 161 minutes is mostly comprised of incredibly vivid flashing colors and shot mostly in subjective camera (from the point of view of the main character), which makes watching this visual work of art overwhelming at times.

Unlike the visuals, the storyline itself is not very complex. A drug dealer named Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) lives in Japan with his sister Linda. The two made a pact to never leave each other as children and have been living together since their parents died in a car crash. At the beginning of Enter The Void, we see Oscar using a drug called DMT (which is said to have a similar experience as death), because of his interest in the “Tibetan Book Of The Dead”. In what was thought to be a routine drug exchange with a friend, Oscar finds himself trying to escape from the local police after he discovers it is a setup. He manages to lock himself in a bathroom where he tries to flush the drug evidence down the drain. The police become impatient and shoot him through the door. He then reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister for the remainder of the film.

The camera work and CGI are unbelievably well done and deserves every bit of recognition it has received, if not more. Over 100 graphic artists were used to create the effects on the film. Every single scene was digitally altered to include the CGI. The end result is a beautiful film with lots of vibrant strobe neon lights and unorthodox camera techniques. A great example of this is at the very beginning when the subjective camera view is in play. When the character blinks, the screen goes dark for a frame or two, mimicking the effect of seeing exactly what the character does.

Enter The Void is one long psychedelic trip. I almost feel like I did a dis-service to it watching it sober, but the film does such a good job of making you feel like you are on the drugs the characters are on. However, if you suffer from epilepsy you may not want to watch this, it has constant flashes of bright colors that could be dangerous.

The story does not really start picking up until about an hour in. So the film as a whole moves too slow and is unnecessarily long for how little of a plot there actually is. It does not help that most scenes are not real time but more like half speed. The slow moving transition between scenes is very unique, but ultimately becomes overused and repetitive. After a while this effect starts to become frustrating.

If you are looking for a visual cinema experience that you most likely have never had before, look no further than Enter The Void. Gaspar Noe sends you on a psychedelic trip that can really only be described as superbly unique. But know what it demands dedication as a viewer to sit through the entire film.