7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Fantasy, Drama • 2010 • 161 min
Enter the Void (2010)
Enter the Void (2010)
Overview
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
Starring Cast
Nathaniel Brown • Paz de la Huerta • Cyril Roy
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Buddhism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.
Starring Cast
Nathaniel Brown • Paz de la Huerta • Cyril Roy
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's central exploration of existential themes, consciousness, and the cycle of life and death, presented through an immersive and experimental style, does not align with a specific political ideology. It focuses on apolitical themes and individual experience rather than promoting partisan viewpoints or critiquing societal systems from a political stance.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The film features a primarily traditional cast in its lead roles, with no explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. Its narrative explores existential themes and does not critically portray traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: High
The film portrays a highly unconventional and co-dependent sibling relationship as its central family unit, explicitly subverting traditional family structures, gender roles, and sexual ethics. It normalizes alternative family arrangements and sexual freedom.
Buddhism: Positive
Confidence: High
The film's narrative structure and visual language are deeply informed by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, depicting the bardo states and the concept of reincarnation. It treats these Buddhist philosophical concepts as a serious framework for exploring the afterlife, presenting them with artistic depth and visual interpretation rather than critique or ridicule.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Enter the Void does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the protagonist's out-of-body experience, his sister, and the Tokyo nightlife, without incorporating queer identities or relationships into its story.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Enter the Void does not feature transsexual characters or themes. The film focuses on Oscar's out-of-body experience after his death and his sister Linda's life as a stripper in Tokyo, exploring themes of life, death, and reincarnation. The narrative does not incorporate any transsexual identities or related plot points.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
Enter the Void is an original film by Gaspar Noé. The characters were created specifically for this movie and do not have pre-established genders from prior source material, historical records, or previous adaptations. Therefore, no gender swaps occur within the film.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Enter the Void is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous adaptation establishing the race of any character before this film's release. Therefore, no race swap occurs.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.2
7.3
Critic Ratings
7.3
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