The Principles of Lust

I am surprised so many people really hate this film. I thought it was quite brave in the way it approached its subject matter and for me it took me down a different grittier path to the sterile world of the... Full review

I was startled by how poor this film was. All the male characters that were supposed to be "cool" laughably sported identical black leather jackets and stubble, looking every bit like middle class drop outs, but getting their kicks from hanging... Full review

Disgustingly dull movie about some selfish, self centred individuals. If it had concentrated on the themes of abuse, bullying, alienation of the lower classes and subculture, it might have had something to say. It didn't. Its lost in the vapour of... Full review

This is one of the worst films I've ever scene. And if this is the kind of film Britain is making then let the industry die. I was stunned at how bad this film is. The acting except for Marc Warren... Full review

typical British film about how life can be bad for you if you follow 'the principles of lust'. the story is about a writer who meets a photographer, who is obviously a bit of a psycho, because he organises fights involving... Full review

I watched this film primarily as a fan of Sienna Guillory. To be honest, she was the only thing worth hanging around for, the film became so boring at stages I felt myself drifting off to sleep. It feels incredibly long,... Full review

I found the philosophy of what this film was after very persuasive. Looking at the schism that forms in any artist serious about their work, and the agony of the personal choices that come out of sacrificing for one's work. The... Full review

At last, a British movie with a degree of ambition, even if the ambition remains unfulfilled by the film's fade-out. Basically, this is the old tale of the blocked male protagonist becoming enervated by an encounter with his dark side before... Full review

's not afraid to punch above its weight, The Principles Of Lust has been quietly....Instead, this tale of a novelist who's drawn into a dark subculture of sex, drugs, and bare-knuckle kiddie fighting is a fascinating failure.... ... Full Review

the film is a disappointment and it's a shame....Another problem is that the film appears to lack the courage of its convictions -....Fincher's film doesn't say ten times better.....It's a shame, then, that the script is such a let-down.... ... Full Review

The strongly drawn thirtysomething characters in "The Principles of Lust" -- an unpublished writer, a single mom who teaches kids, a diabolical photographer -- promise much at the beginning of this too-willfully stylish feature bow. Apart from sex and drugs, which are hard to film shockingly these days, the eye-popping, look-away scene is a bloody bare-knuckle fight between 11-year-old boys while their fathers take bets. ... Full Review

The strongly drawn thirtysomething characters in "The Principles of Lust" -- an unpublished writer, a single mom who teaches kids, a diabolical photographer -- promise much at the beginning of this too-willfully stylish feature bow. Apart from sex and drugs, which are hard to film shockingly these days, the eye-popping, look-away scene is a bloody bare-knuckle fight between 11-year-old boys while their fathers take bets. ... Full Review

The Principles Of Lust sadly doesn't fulfill this destiny. And while the fight scenes - in which 11-year-old kids pound six shades out of one another - is as disturbing an image as you'll be exposed to all year, it's again not a good enough reason to make a date to see The Principles Of Lust. ... Full Review

I feel bloody but unbeaten. There were only three good reviews for The Principles Of Lust (Financial Times, Independent on Sunday, and Sunday Mirror), some weird mixed ones ("It would have worked if it was set in the past or... ... Full Article

Plot Paul (Newman), a wannabe novelist waiting to find a subject for his book, is dragged out of his apathy when gonzo photographer Billy (Warren) crashes into his life and he falls for single mother Juliette (Guillory). ... Full Article

Suburban orgies, booze, underage bare-knuckle fighting...Just some of the spicy ingredients that make Penny Woolcocks debut edgier than your average Brit drama. That said, its not quite the shocker it fancies itself to be, Woolcocks attempts to unsettle often... ... Full Article