SHAME

     MICHAEL FASSBENDER  CAREY MULLIGAN

BRANDON (FASSBENDER) IS A YUPPIE IN NEW YORK WHO IS A SEX ADDICT.  THE ADDICTION RULES HIS LIFE.  WHEN HIS SISTER SISSY(MULLIGAN) UNEXPECTEDLY SHOWS UP, BRANDON MUST TRY TO DEAL WITH HIS ADDICTION ALONG WITH HIS FEELINGS FOR HIS SISTER.
THIS IS A VERY RAW FILM.  IT IS RATED NC-17 FOR STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT AND FULL NUDITY, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE.  FASSBENDER DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND MANY OF YOU MAY BE SURPRISED AT HOW FAR HE GOES TO EXPRESS HIS ADDICTION.  THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR MULLIGAN, WHO IS TRYING TO RECONNECT WITH HER BROTHER AND FIND SOME LOVE IN HER LIFE.  THE SEX IN THIS MOVIE IS NOT TITILLATING OR EXCITING, BUT IT IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR AN ADDICT, SIMPLY A MEANS TO AN END.  AND IT IS IMPLIED BUT NEVER SHOWN THAT BRANDON DOES HAVE SEXUAL FEELINGS FOR HIS SISTER.  ON THE NIGHT THAT BRANDON GOES OFF THE DEEP END AND ENGAGES IN ONE ACT AFTER ANOTHER, A TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE THAT YOU HOPE WILL FORCE HIM INTO GETTING HELP, BUT THAT DECISION IS LEFT UP FOR THE VIEWER TO DECIDE.
RATING  3 OUT OF 5