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      Killing Them Softly

      R Released Nov 30, 2012 1 hr. 37 min. Crime Drama List
      74% 233 Reviews Tomatometer 44% 100,000+ Ratings Audience Score When rival crook Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) hatches a plan to rob a card game run by mob lackey Markie (Ray Liotta), he picks a low-rent thug named Frankie (Scoot McNairy) to do the job. Frankie picks a less-than-ideal partner (Ben Mendelsohn) to help him, but despite their combined incompetence, they manage to make off with the mob's money. In retaliation, Markie's bosses hire Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), a mob enforcer, to eradicate those responsible. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 01 Buy Now

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      Killing Them Softly is a darkly comic, visceral thriller that doubles as a cautionary tale on capitalism, whose message is delivered with sledgehammer force.

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      ad3686 If you didn't watch it, you have missed nothing. Same story you've seen before done in a style where nothing is likeable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review Linda T It is just weird. Still can't figure it out. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/24 Full Review chitown2bayarea The film had its moments but was extremely dull at times. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/24 Full Review Philip R Boring. Just lots of nonsensical talking. I guess the writer and director thought they were being witty or something. But lots of exposition that isn't exposition. And then it ends. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/24 Full Review Ush 7 Pure torture to watch. It checked all the boxes on what makes a cheesy movie. Big name actors selling out for horrible scripts. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/24 Full Review Jean-fabrice D Hard to understand why it has so low rating. Amazing aesthetic movie with joyful yet monstrous characters… a tuned down Tarentino but delivered by some of the best dark movie actors ever, offsetting your expectations at each turn and still raucously entertaining. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Richard Roeper Richard Roeper.com 'Killing Them Softly' collapses under the crushing weight of the director's narcissism. Rated: 2/5 Dec 4, 2012 Full Review Cary Darling Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com The anvils of obviousness rain down so hard and fast in New Zealand-born/Australian-based director Andrew Dominik's meditation on low-rent crime and American decline, that it might as well be a Coyote-Road Runner cartoon Rated: 3/5 Dec 3, 2012 Full Review Christopher Orr The Atlantic Like its source material, the movie is stylish, profane, intelligent, and eminently diverting. But as much as it is a delight that Dominik has disinterred Higgins's work, it is a mild disappointment that the result is not more substantial. Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Although it’s bound to be divisive for its unconventional structure, ruthless tone, and the cynical nature of its message, Killing Them Softly is a rare, exceedingly enjoyable, bleakly comic noir story. Rated: 4/4 Sep 20, 2022 Full Review Cory Woodroof 615 Film A dirty, furious little gangster flick with as much to say about capitalism as it does how futile a life it is to live in this world. Jul 6, 2022 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...ahead of the curve in terms of portraying the inherent nihilism of today's society... Rated: 4/5 Jan 21, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis When rival crook Johnny Amato (Vincent Curatola) hatches a plan to rob a card game run by mob lackey Markie (Ray Liotta), he picks a low-rent thug named Frankie (Scoot McNairy) to do the job. Frankie picks a less-than-ideal partner (Ben Mendelsohn) to help him, but despite their combined incompetence, they manage to make off with the mob's money. In retaliation, Markie's bosses hire Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt), a mob enforcer, to eradicate those responsible.
      Director
      Andrew Dominik
      Executive Producer
      Megan Ellison, Matt Butan, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Adi Shankar, Spencer Silna
      Screenwriter
      Andrew Dominik
      Distributor
      Weinstein Co.
      Production Co
      Plan B Entertainment, Chockstone Pictures
      Rating
      R (Some Drug References|Pervasive Language|Some Drug Use|Violence)
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 30, 2012, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 30, 2014
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $14.9M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital, DTS
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