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Seven Psychopaths

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Boozy writer Marty (Colin Farrell) is a man in search of a screenplay. He has a catchy title but no story to go along with it. Marty has a couple of oddball buddies, Hans (Christopher Walken) and Billy (Sam Rockwell), who make a living by kidnapping rich people's dogs, then returning them and collecting the reward. However this time, the fur flies when Hans and Billy kidnap the beloved pooch of a gangster (Woody Harrelson), and Marty uses the ensuing events as fodder for his screenplay.
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Seven Psychopaths delivers sly cinematic commentary while serving up a heaping helping of sharp dialogue and gleeful violence.

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Jason Bailey Vice A less successful picture, mostly because it's more concerned with its winking meta-textual framework than the larger humanistic concerns of his other work. Nov 14, 2017 Full Review Donald Clarke Irish Times At times, the galloping absurdity drifts into off-the-peg comedy gangster cliché. But McDonagh's brilliant way with one-liners always claws back enough ground to stifle any groans. Rated: 3/5 Dec 7, 2012 Full Review David Sexton London Evening Standard There's not much point to a meta-film once the actual film has ceased to grip. Rated: 3/5 Dec 7, 2012 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review As one character points out: “This thing’s got layers.” Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 23, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins In its efforts to be thought-provoking and unique, it nearly derails itself by transforming into something less than a whole, sensible project. Rated: 6/10 Dec 2, 2020 Full Review Allen Almachar The MacGuffin This is a dark, screwball comedy-drama that constantly surprises. Rated: A Jul 29, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matt V Very creative plot, but almost all of the characters are extremely unlikable. So the big ending was lost on me since I was indifferent. Only Walken's character was engaging. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/01/24 Full Review Nathan W Boy, I don't about that movie at all. It started out so promising, but ended up feeling like a poor man's attempt to mimic Tarantino's work. I did enjoy the story within a story thing it had going on, but I think they relied a little too heavily on the cut scenes, especially in the second and third acts, to provide interest for the viewers. I mean, the main plot wasn't bad or anything, they just gave up on it halfway through, and things got pretty boring after that. Spoilers, but we went from stealing dogs to collect the reward money, and accidentally taking one from a the wrong person who wants it back, to hanging out in the desert for an hour talking about random sh*t, while the previous story goes nowhere. We still had the "other" movie scenes here and there, which, don't get me wrong, were awesome, but there simply weren't enough of them to fill the time. I get that the whole thing is supposed to be very meta, and it was a pretty cool idea overall. Real life inspires the story, and the story inspires real life, and they both sort of blur together by the end. It just wasn't very exciting they way it turned out, and some of that has to do with the execution being off. There was an awful lot of big name talent in this movie, which, like I always say, sets the bar very high. I thought the plot and the script were really solid in the first act, but they both got thin as time went on, and my interest in what everyone was saying fell off steadily as well. The acting was uneven across the board in my opinion, and the deliveries certainly could have been better. The dialogue was also questionable at times, and most of the interactions felt off to me. (When all of those areas are lacking with such an esteemed group of actors, I have to question the direction as well). I would say that Sam Rockwell was the most consistent performer, but I still liked all of the characters well enough. Christopher Walken's was especially bizarre and amusing, which only got better after the peyote. (And I always like seeing Woody Harrelson as a bad guy, because I think that role works for him, but he only seems to get that part in movies where the writing isn't very good). I think this films fatal flaw, is having two main storylines, and not doing either of them particularly well. They did one for a while, then did the other, but then tried to go back to the first one, and it just came across as messy. There was too much filler, the ending was underwhelming and didn't make sense, and two-thirds of the plot was pretty slow. I still think that the overall story was solid, and it was a slightly above average attempt, but it was nowhere near as good as I expected it to be. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/05/24 Full Review Tom S Trying too hard to be edgy. I imagine the director with a beer in one hand & a cigarette in the other trying to convince people at a party that he is the greatest director in the history of cinema similar to Tarantino's view of himself. "Over the top" & edgy actually means what truly great directors would cut from their masterpieces. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/10/24 Full Review Vishesh C It's a decent 2 hr comedic show, applause to Christopher Walken for his astonishing performance. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/16/24 Full Review Maani H Entertaining and mostly funny but got a bit tiring to watch as they didn't know how to finish it and an anticlimatic end. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/24 Full Review Maddie M Not sure why but I got a TOTAL 90s vibe from this movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Boozy writer Marty (Colin Farrell) is a man in search of a screenplay. He has a catchy title but no story to go along with it. Marty has a couple of oddball buddies, Hans (Christopher Walken) and Billy (Sam Rockwell), who make a living by kidnapping rich people's dogs, then returning them and collecting the reward. However this time, the fur flies when Hans and Billy kidnap the beloved pooch of a gangster (Woody Harrelson), and Marty uses the ensuing events as fodder for his screenplay.
Director
Martin McDonagh
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Screenwriter
Martin McDonagh
Distributor
CBS Films
Production Co
Blueprint Productions, Film4, CBS Films
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Bloody Images|Sexuality/Nudity|Some Drug Use|Strong Violence)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 12, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.0M
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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