Film Review – Shame

“Shame” is a film that crawls under your skin, isolating a specific velocity of obsession that’s unbearable to watch, yet it’s impossible to look away. Co-writer/director Steve McQueen takes a look at the ravages of sex addiction with this uninviting motion picture, plunging star Michael Fassbender into a murky world of urges and conquests, using 100 minutes of screen time to paint perhaps the most cleanly defined portrait of an overlooked compulsion, making viewers feel the euphoria and toxicity of such volcanic sexual pursuits. “Shame” has even been allowed the prestige of an NC-17 rating, allowing it the full intensity it deserves, rare in this age of soft-peddled adult dramas. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com