Shame (Blu-ray + DVD Combo) (2011)

Editor's Note An outwardly ordinary man must come to terms with his inner compulsions in this powerful drama from filmmaker Steve McQueen. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a successful businessman in his early thirties who lives in New York. To most around him, Brandon seems cool and introverted, but inside he is wrestling with a powerful sexual appetite; he's obsessed with pornography and prefers short-term relationships with women that allow him to keep the world at arm's length. The grim routine of Brandon's life is upended when his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) stops by for an extended visit without prior notice. While Brandon is reserved, Sissy is an outgoing and flashy musician, and she doesn't seem to care about her brother's need for privacy. When Sissy forces Brandon to look closely at his life, he comes to understand the circumstances that made him the man he is today as his veneer of calm begins to crack. SHAME won the Firpresci Award (presented by the International Federation of Film Critics) at the 2011 Venice Film Festival.

	Nicole Beharie
	James Badge Dale
	Michael Fassbender
	Carey Mulligan
	Marta Milans - Co-Star
	Steve McQueen - Screenwriter
	Aneikit Bonnel - Costumes
	Nick London - Makeup Designer
	Juanita Townsend - Hairstylist
	Luke Butler - Optical/Digital Effects
	Sound 24 - Sound
	Amy Hargreaves - Co-Star
	Robert Montano - Co-Star
	Stanley Wayne Mathis - Co-Star
	Alex Manette - Co-Star
	Jake Siciliano - Co-Star
	Chazz Menendez - Co-Star
	Hannah Ware - Co-Star
	Anna Hopkins - Co-Star
	Lucy Walters - Co-Star
	Mari-Ange Ramirez - Co-Star
	Elizabeth Masucci - Co-Star
	Rachel Farrar - Co-Star
	Loren Omer - Co-Star
	Lauren Tyrrell - Co-Star
	Charisse Merman - Co-Star
	Carl Low - Co-Star
	Calamity Chang - Co-Star
	DeeDee Luxe - Co-Star
	Wenne Alton Davis - Co-Star
	Craig Lindberg - Special Makeup Effects
	Glenn Freemantle - Sound
	Manny Siverio - Stunt Coordinator
	Roy Farfel - Stunt Coordinator
	Sean Bobbit - Director of Photography
	Tim Naylor - Camera Operator
	Abi Morgan - Screenwriter
	Heather Loeffler - Set Decorator
	Emma Zee - Post-Production Supervisor
	Harry Escott - Composer
	Niv Adiri - Sound Re-Recording
	Ian Neil - Music Director
	Paul Cotterell - Sound Re-Recording
	LipSync Post - Visual Effects Designer
	Tom Collier - Optical/Digital Effects
	Atilla Yucer - Assistant Director
	Danielle Blumstein - Production Manager/UPM
	Steve McQueen - Director

Hollywood Reporter
"Driven by a brilliant, ferocious performance by Michael Fassbender, SHAME is a real walk on the wild side, a scorching look at a case of sexual addiction that's as all-encompassing as a craving for drugs." 09/04/2011

Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "Holding shots for many minutes at a time, employing extreme close ups and letting his actors do the heavy lifting McQueen is the auteur darling of the moment....He has undeniable talent and clear ideas of the story he wants to tell." 11/30/2011

Movieline
"Mulligan is terrific here, and restrained in a way that suggests an actorly generosity unusual for someone so young..." 12/01/2011

Los Angeles Times
"[B]oth unflinching and unnerving, this is a psychologically claustrophobic film that strips its characters bare literally and figuratively, leaving them, and us, nowhere to hide." 12/02/2011

USA Today
"[W]orth seeing primarily for Michael Fassbender's mesmerizing performance....The camera lingers on Fassbender's subtly riveting face and chiseled physique." 12/02/2011

Washington Post
3 stars out of 4 -- "As in HUNGER, McQueen favors long, uninterrupted takes, which gives Fassbender's extraordinary gift for expression free rein....There's no doubt that SHAME burrows into one's consciousness and stays there..." 12/02/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
4 stars out of 4 -- "SHAME contains unblinking truth....This is a great act of filmmaking and acting." 11/30/2011

Wall Street Journal
"[T]he director brings his artist's eye to every frame of the film..." 12/02/2011

A.V. Club
"[I]t?s told with tremendous clarity and power....Again, Fassbender leaves nothing in reserve." -- Grade: B 12/01/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"Fassbender delivers a riveting performance, giving himself over completely to become a man addicted to lust." 12/09/2011

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "SHAME remains a provocative portrait of a man in thrall to uncontrollable desire. It's battering and ballsy..." 02/01/2012

Sight and Sound
"[McQueen] is at his best when staging wrestling bouts -- be they psychological, intellectual or erotic." 02/01/2012