The Story of O

raggiodisole

Worst film Noel Edmonds ever made. Bad porn turned into bad art, with heavy doses of misogyny. Largely unwatchable, and this from someone who is no prude

Matt Burgess

Quite possibly Jaeckin's most visually impressive film, a delirious rush of high-brow aesthetics and eroticism, lush costumes, sets and framing. Unfortunately its all ruined by an essentially retarded narrative, all the men in this film are either ugly, intellectually uninteresting or just pathetic, hardly worth being submissive for.

Wee Hunk

I read the source material for this movie. A little misogyny goes a long way. Women as chattel is a winning formula.

ExperimentoFilm

Calm down, dear - it's just Jaeckin. (Do seek out the original French-language version and avoid crappy English dubbing!)

Bogomil Gospodinov

Distinctly French - Marquise De Sade, Boris Vian and George Bataille would have been somewhat ashamed. Very poor soundtrack, but very good costumes and somewhat interesting plot. The film is really pornographic and reminds me of some of Zebediah Colt's fantasies.

Tom Sykes

My main problem with this film is that I couldn't tell if this was the story of a strong woman who understands her love and devotion to a man, or if it was just some sexist perverse dream brought to life to portray a blanket male fantasy. Obviously, I would like to believe it's the former, but there is no confirmation, no reason for the willingness to go through with these acts. Maybe I need to watch it again.

muminpappa1970

Cheap seventies software porn dressed up as something deeper. The first twenty minutes should give you a pretty representative sample.No depth to any of the characters, nor explanations as to why the act like they do. If the misogny doesn't date the file, the soundtrack does.

Christopher Bentley Owen

Ugly photography, corny music, bland acting, thoughtless art direction: there are no technical achievements worth noting here. However, the plot took some unexpected turns, and I was glad I stuck it out. I'll have to read the book now, I suppose. 2 of 5