Shame

Movie: Shame

Genre: drama

Synopsis: Brandon (Michale Fassbender) has a successful and well-paying career in Manhatten.  His seemingly perfect life has a dark side.  He is a sex addict.  He feels the need to “release” multiple times a day.  If the urge hits him at work, he is liable to pull up some porn on his computer, find someone for a quicky or simply retire to the privacy of a bathroom stall.  The problem is that none of this even remotely makes him happy.  His very orderly life is disrupted when his sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), unexpectedly moves in for an extended stay following a breakup. It is as if this disruption is a tipping point and Brandon’s life starts spiraling out of control.

My two cents: This was one dark movie.  Great performances by Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.  I became a fan of Carey with her performance in “An Education”.  In “”Shame” she plays a durg-user who has made multiple attempts at suicide.  I can’t really decide if I liked this movie or not.  The acting was good, but the story was so dark and depressing that I left the theatre emotionally drained.

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