Seven Psychopaths
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A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
What critics thought
Martin McDonagh's meta-comedy earned broadly positive notices for its sharp dialogue, gleeful violence, and a cast that critics loved watching — Walken in particular was repeatedly singled out as a late-career highlight. Where reviewers diverged was on whether the self-aware, genre-dissecting structure ultimately holds together or collapses into self-indulgence by the final act, with several finding the cleverness more exhausting than exhilarating and noting it falls short of McDonagh's tighter earlier work.
“A less controlled and slapdash character piece than In Bruges, McDonagh's new movie benefits greatly from a plethora of one-liners that toy with crime movie clichés in the unlikely context of writerly obsessions.”
Eric Kohn·IndieWire
“absurdly entertaining even after it disappears up its own hindquarters in the last act, and it gives some of our weirder actors ample room to play.”
Ty Burr·Boston Globe
“It's at once a gangster movie, a buddy comedy, and a meta-fictional exploration of the limits of both genres - and if that sounds impossible to pull off, well, McDonagh doesn't, quite. But the pure sick brio of Seven Psychopaths takes it a long way.”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“compared to McDonagh's best work for stage (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) and screen (In Bruges), Seven Psychopaths feels like either an older script knocking around the bottom of a drawer or a new one hastily tossed off between more ambitious projects.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“while it's way behind the Pulp Fiction curve, Seven Psychopaths can be terrifically entertaining.”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Martin McDonaghDirector
Colin FarrellMarty Faranan
Sam RockwellBilly Bickle
Woody HarrelsonCharlie Costello
Christopher WalkenHans Kieslowski
Olga KurylenkoAngela
Tom WaitsZachariah Rigby
Abbie CornishKaya
Michael StuhlbargTommy
Kevin CorriganDennis
Željko IvanekPaolo
Michael PittLarry
Linda Bright ClayMyra Kieslowski
Carter BurwellComposer
Ben DavisCinematographySeven Psychopaths
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
What critics thought
Martin McDonagh's meta-comedy earned broadly positive notices for its sharp dialogue, gleeful violence, and a cast that critics loved watching — Walken in particular was repeatedly singled out as a late-career highlight. Where reviewers diverged was on whether the self-aware, genre-dissecting structure ultimately holds together or collapses into self-indulgence by the final act, with several finding the cleverness more exhausting than exhilarating and noting it falls short of McDonagh's tighter earlier work.
“A less controlled and slapdash character piece than In Bruges, McDonagh's new movie benefits greatly from a plethora of one-liners that toy with crime movie clichés in the unlikely context of writerly obsessions.”
Eric Kohn·IndieWire
“absurdly entertaining even after it disappears up its own hindquarters in the last act, and it gives some of our weirder actors ample room to play.”
Ty Burr·Boston Globe
“It's at once a gangster movie, a buddy comedy, and a meta-fictional exploration of the limits of both genres - and if that sounds impossible to pull off, well, McDonagh doesn't, quite. But the pure sick brio of Seven Psychopaths takes it a long way.”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“compared to McDonagh's best work for stage (The Lieutenant of Inishmore) and screen (In Bruges), Seven Psychopaths feels like either an older script knocking around the bottom of a drawer or a new one hastily tossed off between more ambitious projects.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
“while it's way behind the Pulp Fiction curve, Seven Psychopaths can be terrifically entertaining.”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Cast & Crew
Martin McDonaghDirectorColin FarrellMarty FarananSam RockwellBilly BickleWoody HarrelsonCharlie CostelloChristopher WalkenHans KieslowskiOlga KurylenkoAngelaTom WaitsZachariah RigbyAbbie CornishKayaMichael StuhlbargTommyKevin CorriganDennisŽeljko IvanekPaoloMichael PittLarryLinda Bright ClayMyra KieslowskiCarter BurwellComposerBen DavisCinematographyStream
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