The Vicious Kind

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The Vicious Kind

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2009

1h 32m

Comedy

Drama

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A man tries to break up his brother and his new girlfriend and becomes infatuated with her.

Manohla Dargis

New York Times

The characters spend far too much time working through their problems with drama-deadening directness.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 11, 2010

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Nick Schager

Time Out

It's the sort of Sundance-approved movie that takes place in a stereotypically bleak rural locale, while an acoustic guitar twangs mournfully over the soundtrack.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 10, 2010

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera.

Dec 14, 2009

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

Vicious Kind doesn't have much in the way of new corners to offer the domestic disturbance genre, resulting in a film greatly dedicated to misery, but offers no tangible reason why anyone outside of the filmmaker should care.

Rated: D+

Mar 1, 2010

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Pam Grady

Boxoffice Magazine

What lifts this trenchant dramedy out of the ordinary are Krieger's ear for dialogue and Adam Scott's breakthrough performance as a family's black sheep seemingly intent on earning that bad rap.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 18, 2009

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Aaron Hillis

L.A. Weekly

Inevitably, the film devolves into weepy catharsis, but with slick cinematography and colorfully cruel dialogue for Scott to chew up and spit at every member of this fine ensemble.

Dec 14, 2009

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Lying I

Basically a movie that makes you feel dirty for watching it because the characters except one are all terrible people. Tries to be deep and send a bigger message but in the end literally all it’s about is a ho* girlfriend, a POS brother and a bad dad. Literally that’s it. And a nice guy getting screwed over,

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Audience Member

Really dark but Adam Scott is sneakily excellent in every single one of his roles 3.4

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/02/21

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Audience Member

Ugh. Simmons and Scott elevate some of the most generic and boringly undramatic indie bullshit I've seen in a while.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Adam scott proves he can play serious, even though hes playing a dick which is what he does best. This is one of the movies where i like the story but the characters just make some choices i cant relate to which makes it less believable. we also have an unlikable protagonist so there's nobody to root for. I was still engaged the whole time and appreciated a lot of it even though its not fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Misogynist arsehole worship

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Adam Scott is incredible and the movie itself is really really good. It's a must see for anyone movie buff.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Lee Toland Krieger

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Adam Scott

Caleb Sinclaire

Brittany Snow

Emma Gainsborough

Alex Frost

Peter Sinclaire

J.K. Simmons

Donald Sinclaire

Vittorio Brahm

J.T.

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Synopsis

A man tries to break up his brother and his new girlfriend and becomes infatuated with her.

Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Producer: Tim Harms
Screenwriter: Lee Toland Krieger
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2017
Runtime: 1h 32m