Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

The first must-see film of the year.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Salo manages to portray human depravity in a terrifyingly realistic manor that I've never seen in any other film. It's very well made in that regard, but doesn't have much substance beyond that.If you can't handle seeing or hearing about bizarre acts of sex and violence, then I can't recommend this movie. That said, I think most other people (especially fans of film) could get some enjoyment out of Salo if for no other reason than the experience of witnessing true evil.

Okay first of all those who are saying this movie is powerful, strong......you guys are out of your mind this is completely pointless movie .. i don't think there is any connection of WW2 with this movie. i think director only want to show his own sick fantasies and nothing else. completely waste of time even though i have watched more sick movies than this, i cant tolerate this one, because same thing repeat again and again and then it starts to irritate you. a complete pointless movie i don't know why some people rated it 9 or 10.

I didn't quite get the movie. It had a lot of insane moments that would shock people that are not so much into these types of movies (shock exploitation flicks). But as someone who has seen a fair share of them I didn't quite get the feeling that the movie lived up to it's reputation/hype. Many people told me that this is the most messed up movie they've ever seen. I don't mean to brag but I've seen way worse. The main reason why this movie never really managed to shock me was because of its inherently comical nature. As messed up as it was, every shocking scene was accompanied by a fair share of humorous remarks and some occasionally profound monologues. It was much more a comedy than anything else (especially if you have a dark sense of humor).If you're a shock movie fanatic this is probably not the right movie for you. The only disturbing thing about the movie was the fact that the protagonists were all coprophiles (if you don't know what this word means, good. Don't google it).

Hey there! Guess what?! You're not going to believe that I have actually watched this film. I have not heard of it until late 2010 when it had been recommended to me here on IMDb because of my interest in Gaspar Noe's Irreversible. I really am into film, however I would like to state that I would never, ever watch Cannibal Holocaust, really. No thanks. Supposedly there are similarities, but I must say that this is about as far as I am likely to go in regards to watching a disturbing film.Initially I was ignoring the recommendation. I disregarded it as being some obscure film that had come out in the 70's. I had never heard of Pier Paolo Pasolini. I am not going into his demise as you probably have your theories. Besides this is basically a film review.Let me tell you: for a long time I felt I just was not ready to watch this; unsure if I ever would be. The reason being is that after everything I have read about it, (which you probably should do also, if you are seriously thinking about watching this) I was hesitant that I could really sit through it. My main concern was that it could be too graphic considering the subject matter. On and off I have contemplated it for three years. Yes, three years wondering whether or not to watch a movie! By the final year, I have thought about it more and more. So you want to know how I watched this? From Netflix. And you want to know something else? I watched it…a couple of times…in like six weeks maybe. That was it really. I just wanted to watch it a second time to get a little more familiar with it from the first time. Actually speaking of the first time; afterwards like the next day, I remember actually feeling a bit queasy from even thinking about what I had watched. Since I recoiled during the explicit scenes, it was a brief feeling of mental disturbance. I wouldn't say I was absolutely ready for my first viewing, although I was as ready as I ever could have been, I was a little more composed on the second viewing. I still could not watch the really graphic parts.It doesn't take either side of right or wrong. It is not a dramatic film. It isn't really all that violent either, not by horror movie standards. The DVD/Blu-Ray cover showing the side of a long blonde haired naked girl on her knees with her face in her hands is misleading. There is not a scene in the film that shows that. I was expecting something like the scene showing Marilyn Burns freaking out with her hands tied to a chair at the one end of a dining table towards the ending of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) but there wasn't a scene that was like that, although there are moments in the film where I had to look away, such as: A scene when one nude victim wearing only a dog collar is fed a piece of cake with small razor blades in it.In addition, a young woman is forced to eat human feces, the seven minute scene where everybody eats human feces at a dinner event, some are smiling and loving it while others are disgusted. The ending when a young man's tongue is cut off and a young person's eye is cut out with a knife.It is a rather talky film. I remember thinking after I made it up to the 42:00 mark that it really was not all that bad.It is best to research the film before viewing it. The homosexuality aspect of it makes it interesting. What made it even more compelling is that I found myself attracted to Paolo Bonacelli, even although he plays one of the fascist libertines.