Film • Sep 19, 2018
Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD.
Climax
- Status
- Released
- Release
- September 19, 2018 (7 years ago)
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- R
- Genres
- Arthouse Horror
- Themes
- Psychological Drama, Psychological Horror, Tragedy
- Origin
- Belgium, France
- Companies
- Artémis Productions, Eskwad, KNM, Les Cinémas de la Zone, Rectangle Productions, Shelter Prod, VOO & Be tv, Wild Bunch
Cast
Sofia BoutellaSelva
Romain GuillermicDavid
Souheila YacoubLou
Kiddy SmileDaddy
Claude Gajan MaudeEmmanuelle
Giselle PalmerGazelle
Taylor KastleTaylor
Thea Carla SchøttPsyche
Sharleen TempleIvana
Lea VlamosEva
Alaïa AlsafirAlaia
Kendall MuglerRocket
Lakdhar DridiRiley
Adrien SissokoOmar
Mamadou BathilyBart
Alou SidibéKyrra
Ashley BiscetteShirley
Mounia NassangarDom
Tiphanie AuSila
Sarah BelalaJennifer
Alexandre MoreauCyborg
NaabRocco
Strauss SerpentSerpent
Vince Galliot CumantTito
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 69.4%
FilmAffinity
- 66%
IMDb
- 69%
Letterboxd
- 75%
Metacritic
- 72%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 65%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Moderate
- Violence
- High
- Profanity
- High
- Algohol & Drugs
- High
- Fright & Intensity
- High
Reviews
The Arizona RepublicNew film 'Climax' is so bad, our critic gave it 1 star
BostonGlobe.comGaspar Noé provokes again, this time with LSD as fuel, in ‘Climax’ - The Boston Globe
CineVueFilm Review: Climax
CineVueCannes 2018: Climax review
The Detroit NewsReview: Unrelenting 'Climax' tests patience
Film CommentShort Take: Climax
Todd McCarthy‘Climax’: Film Review
Eric Kohn‘Climax’ Review: Gaspar Noé’s Psychedelic Ride Is a Drug Trip That Goes Very Wrong in a Movie That Feels Just Right
Los Angeles TimesReview: Hellish dance musical 'Climax' is good for Gaspar Noé, but maybe not as good for you
NPRWhen Dancers Trip: Gaspar Noé Stages A Visceral But Vacuous Freakout In 'Climax'
Kristy PuchkoClimax Is A Willful Assault On Your Senses. But Is That All There Is? – Riot Material
Roger EbertClimax movie review & film summary (2019)
David Fear'Climax' Review: Sex, Drugs and Gaspar Noe's Dance Party in Hell
The Film Stage - Your Spotlight On CinemaCannes Review: Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ is a Perverse and Intoxicating Celebration of Dance as an Art Form
Ben Croll'Climax' Film Review: Is It a Movie, or an LSD Trip?
USA TODAYReview: 'Climax' is the nuttiest drug-fueled dance party you'll ever attend
K. Austin CollinsGaspar Noé’s Latest Provocation Is More Like an Anti-Climax
Emily YoshidaThe Dance-Horror Film Climax Is the Best Thing Gaspar Noé Has Made in Ages
