Delectably sordid… Pic does an outstanding job of burrowing into the mind of an essentially decent, average guy as he rationalizes his escalating anger at everyone and everything.
VARIETY

His command of his actors, anamorphic 16-millimeter camera, sound, and editing is so awesome it’s hard to believe that any of his choices is arbitrary…That its leading character makes such a proposal, and that the film invites one to identify with him, is precisely what makes it such an infernal machine: it’s designed to tell us things about ourselves that we may not want to know.
THE CHICAGO READER

’’I Stand Alone’’ probes as relentlessly into the psychology of nihilism as any movie has ever attempted.
THE NEW YORK TIMES

On the surface, Nahon’s character may look like a typical silent existentialist antihero, but Noé slyly lets us in on his vicious thoughts, which pour out at a million words a minute. His script is thrillingly literary…even profound; it’s a good counterbalance to his directing style, which is that of a witty button-pusher, with a slick, Spielbergian talent for evoking dread.
THE NEW YORKER
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It illuminates a psychological and social landscape never seen before, and its artistry transcends its sordid details…the film tells us something about the world
NEWSWEEK