Sexy Beast

L'enfer psychologique ultra-affiné par une caméra brillante et un montage. L'intrigue Sexy Beast n'est qu'un prétexte, l'essentiel est la combinaison originale de trois atmosphères - romance bohème, comédie cynique et crime étouffant - et l'intensité des interactions entre les personnages, qui dépasse tout ce qui a été vu jusqu'à présent. Un condensé audiovisuel de sensations, soutenu par un concert d'acteur sensationnel de Benoît Kingsley (Scorsese et les gangsters de Tarantino se cachent dans un coin). Les autres acteurs sont également excellents. Pour moi, un film culte de gangsters avec des dialogues cultes et une bande originale culte. Et de mieux en mieux à chaque visionnage. (12/04/2002)

In his debut, Glazer goes to thematic levels that several experienced directors wouldn’t dare. Heat, bohemianism, love, hell from the past, violence, mobsters; It's got a bit of Tarantino, a bit of Scorsese and a dash of Guy Ritchie. As a whole, though, it falls far short of the dream combination of three different approaches (emphasis on punchy dialogue, emphasis on tension between the actors and camera work, emphasis on fast editing and connecting multiple temporally separated lines), but it's a consistently entertaining and, given the uniqueness of its own characters, original gangster flick that doesn't turn out the way anyone would initially expect (which is very good), but also fails to bring everything to a satisfying and memorable conclusion (which is not that good). Ben Kingsley's character is a captivating black-humoured figure you wouldn’t want to cross and who alone sets the sweaty dramatic dynamics of the first half, Winston's every facial gesture is believable and Ian McShane is a mobster who can make your blood run cold. That said, I don’t quite see Sexy Beast as something to watch enthusiastically more than once. 80% (01/10/2018)