I Want You (1998/I)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Eoin McNamee (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 September 1998 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

And what Helen wants, Helen gets.

Plot:

A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.

Plot Keywords:

Mute | Sex Scene | Suicide | Rough Sex | Swimming Pool

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Rachel Weisz	...	Helen
Alessandro Nivola	...	Martin
Luka Petrusic	...	Honda
Labina Mitevska	...	Smokey
Carmen Ejogo	...	Amber
Ben Daniels	...	Bob
Graham Crowden	...	Old Man
Geraldine O'Rawe	...	Sonja
Steve John Shepherd	...	Sam
Phyllida Law	...	Woman at Hairdresser #1
Mary MacLeod	...	Woman at Hairdresser #2
Kenny Doughty	...	Smokey's Friend
Des McAleer	...	Flowers Salesman
Julian Rivett	...	Billy
Julie Smith	...	Young Woman

Also Known As:

Beloved

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language.

Runtime:

87 min | Germany:84 min (TV version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Macedonian | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:R-15 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:R(A)

Filming Locations:

Dungeness, Kent, England, UK

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Features Red Rock West (1993)

Soundtrack:

Home

A very experimental, open-ended, and unique movie

This movie, first of all, is not for amateur moviefans. The only people who will probably enjoy this movie are the ones who have seen a great many and wide range of films. It is for the open minded and analytical. Why? Because, this movie is virtually left blank for the audience to fill in. The acting is superb, Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola are very talented, and are justly fit for the role. About 70% of the dialogue was improvised, so that should tell you something. Although there are sometimes too many holes in the plot and not enough information given, the movie, i believe, is pulled off wonderfully. It is a very open movie, and there are no reassurances. The audience will probably find themselves playing psychologist to the deep, rich characters that develop as the short movie progresses. The characters and the whole openness of the movie is what appealed to me. I Want You is very underrated, and people should give this movie a second try. Yeah, there is some explicit sex and voyeurism going on, but that is one of the movie's great central themes. The focus is very apparent from the beginning, and the beautiful thing that sets it off is mood. The color tones used, in mellow bluish and yellowish color, the melancholy and often creepy music... and the locale add to it. The movie is almost like The Virgin Suicides in mood, except much, much darker, with a darker, creepier story as well. It seems throughout the entire movie that the characters are sort of lost in this sort of moody limbo that Michael Winterbottom creates... and you get lost as well.