The Kill Room

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The Kill Room

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Released Sep 29, 2023

1h 38m

Comedy

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The Kill Room follows an art dealer (Uma Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Joe Manganiello) and his boss (Samuel L. Jackson) for a money laundering scheme that accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight Avant-Garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.

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Critics Consensus

The Kill Room's talented cast and broadly comedic tone make for a reasonably diverting caper, even if its attempts to satirize the art world don't amount to much.

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Ryan Gilbey

Guardian

Nicol Paone’s flat direction and Jonathan Jacobson’s listless screenplay leave the cast painting by numbers.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 22, 2023

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

It tries to skewer the art world, but the result is pretty toothless.

Oct 21, 2023

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

The funny, frisky crime caper plays to the leads’ chemistry, delivering an escapist delight.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 6, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

It’s even more biting about the craven capitalism of the art world than Velvet Buzzsaw and features some great broad comedic work from Uma Thurman and a soulful turn from Joe Manganiello.

Feb 13, 2024

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Steve Morrissey

Radio Times

Nicol Paone's film has pace and smarts, and will appeal to anybody who reckons modern art is all a big con.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 8, 2023

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Ferdosa Abdi

Screen Rant

The Kill Room is a fun time, especially if you don’t expect too much from it. Despite the lack of well-developed characters, the movie is enjoyable.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 3, 2023

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Braxtynn

An unexpected and entertaining inside look at the pretentiousness of the high dollar art world. Direction was good, writing was great, acting may have been just a tad forced at times, but overall a very well composed story with a number of laugh out loud dark humor moments. Definitely recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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Sharon

I love Samuel Jackson, but this movie is a stinker. Do not waste your money.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/23

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Courtney P

In a world where every movie seems the same. One of the best, different, creative, individual, most authentic, original movies I have seen in a long time. Need more like this. Loved it!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/01/25

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Audience Member

A bit disappointed there was a lot of potential to rip the art world of pretentiousness. Like art is only as good as its value. Or art for arts sake. It started to wander and lost want the story was suppose to say or mean. Like Laverne and Shirley.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Craig K

The movie was quite interesting and a bit macabre!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Ray B

Not a formula movie at all. but I greatly enjoyed the creativeness and unpredictability. This is not a character development movie, but rather a fun satire, that makes light of elitism and downright snobbery of the high end art world. And, Uma Thurman delivers with impeccable comedic timing throughout.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Synopsis

The Kill Room follows an art dealer (Uma Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Joe Manganiello) and his boss (Samuel L. Jackson) for a money laundering scheme that accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight Avant-Garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.

Director: Nicol Paone
Producer: Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Anne Clements, William Rosenfeld, Bill Kenwright, Nicol Paone, Dannielle Thomas, Jason Weinberg, Uma Thurman, Jon Keeyes
Screenwriter: Jonathan Jacobson
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS / Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co: Idiot Savant Pictures, Such Content, Cranium Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, Bradley Pilz Productions, BKStudios, Head Gear Films, Sucheta DreamWorks Productions, Slated, Untitled Entertainment, Metrol Technology, Supernova Capital, Complex Corp , Yale Productions
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 29, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.9K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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