Bent

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2001 Filmcritic.com

Croupier's Clive Owen is fantastic in this otherwise lackluster tale of Jews, gays, and Jewish gays imprisoned during the Nazi Holocaust. Based on Martin Sherman's play, the action is drawn-out with not a small amount of pretension, and the film's conclusion is never short of obvious. Other movies have tread similar ground before, just without the pink triangles. Altogether, it's a lackluster flick.

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Rating

3.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Sean Mathias
  • Producer: Dixie Linder, Michael Solinger
  • Screenwriter: Martin Sherman
  • Stars: Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber, Jude Law
  • MPAA Rating: NC-17