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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Chicago ReaderTed ShenChicago ReaderTed ShenAll this could've collapsed into empty shocks if not for Inoue's gripping performance as an exasperated single woman who senses her happiness slipping away with each vengeful blow.
- 70Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonIshii's rough-hewn film may be the nastiest entry in its dubious but resonant subgenre since "I Spit on Your Grave." It's a black pearl for anyone who likes a little existential psychosis with their semi-softcore exploitation.
- 70TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxWith this perceptive, however bloody, film, Ishii makes it disturbingly clear that a culturally instilled sense of shame and fear of being shunned mean that women like Chihiro are doubly victimized, both by their attackers and the society that should protect them.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe violent scenes veer vertiginously between slapstick, soft-core pornography and raw documentary, leaving you repelled and confused, as well as fascinated.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe whole movie plays like an improbable blend of "Repulsion," "High Noon" and the archetypal low-budget rape/revenge shocker "I Spit on Your Grave." Queasy audiences beware, but midnight-movie bookers take note.
- 60Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallWith a stronger actress who could have been in greater command of the character, Freeze Me would have been a cold-hearted masterpiece rather than the okay thriller it turned out.
- 40The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasComfortable with the inherent contradictions, Ishii throws all sexual politics to the wind in his highly stylized, fearlessly gratuitous fantasy, an unsettling mix of titillation, morality, victimization, and empowerment.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIshii instills this unpleasantness with some Hitchcockian black humor.