7 psychopaths movie review

Movie Reviews

Tv/streaming, collections, great movies, chaz's journal, contributors, a movie without a movie within a movie.

Now streaming on:

Well, they have the title right. I don't know how these people found one another, but they certainly belong on the same list. They all have roles in a screenplay titled "Seven Psychopaths," which is under development by a writer named Marty Faranan, played by Colin Farrell . In Hollywood, "under development" means "all I have is the title."

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (" In Bruges "), this is a delightfully goofy, self-aware movie that knows it is a movie. You've heard of a movie within a movie? I think this is a movie without a movie. Some of it happens to Marty, some of it happens in Marty's imagination, and some of it seems to happen in one category and then invades another.

Consider an opening sequence with Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Pitt , who, on the basis of their conversation, are professional hit men. Or perhaps not very professional, because although they are in a wide-open space, they allow a man in a mask to walk right up and shoot them in the head.

Does this really happen? Figure it out for yourself. Marty's best friend is Billy Bickle ( Sam Rockwell ), and if his last name is the same as the hero in Marty Scorsese's " Taxi Driver ," I leave that for you to puzzle out. Eager to help Marty escape from writer's block, Billy suggests a classified ad asking psychopaths to volunteer for interviews. Tom Waits knocks on the door and introduces himself as a serial killer who specializes in killing other serial killers. I forgot to mention that Los Angeles currently has an active serial killer named the Jack of Diamonds killer, who wipes out mobsters.

Billy is in business with a man named Hans ( Christopher Walken ). They're dognappers who nab the beloved pets of well-off citizens, and pick the wrong victim when they snatch Bonny, the only creature on Earth who inspires the slightest affection from the cold-blooded gangster Charlie ( Woody Harrelson ). Bonny is a Shih Tzu, giving the film countless opportunities to employ the words "Shih Tzu," in which the "t" is sounded.

Intermixed with this story line, such as it is, are scenes for Marty's screenplay involving Harry Dean Stanton as a cold-faced, avenging Quaker, which play ever so much like first drafts for earlier versions of this script, not that Harry Dean Stanton isn't always enjoyable.

The film's climax takes place in the archetypal desert hills of a B-Western, where Marty, Billy and Hans find themselves hiding out from the relentless Charlie with the Shih Tzu. The logic of this action, which circles around the question of who can be trusted by whom, and for whose reasons, is sort of an elaboration of the elegant geometry in the Mexican Standoff in " The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ."

Walken sometimes leans toward self-parody, but here his performance has a delicate, contained strangeness. All of the actors are good, and Farrell wisely allows the showier performances to circle around him. Like any screenwriter — like Tarantino, for example, who is possibly McDonagh's inspiration here — he brings these people into being and stands back in amazement.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

Now playing

Arthur the King

State of Consciousness

Simon abrams.

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

Marya e. gates.

Brian Tallerico

Monica Castillo

Food, Inc. 2

Glenn kenny, film credits.

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Rated R for violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and drug use

109 minutes

Tom Waits as Zachariah

Woody Harrelson as Charlie

Christopher Walken as Hans

Colin Farrell as Marty

Sam Rockwell as Billy

Written and directed by

Martin McDonagh

Latest blog posts

Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Moves to Streaming with Entertaining Knuckles

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History

Ebertfest Film Festival Over the Years

The 2024 Chicago Palestine Film Festival Highlights

Skip to main content
Keyboard shortcuts for audio player

A Hollywood Noir Starring 'Seven Psychopaths' (Or So)

Stephanie Zacharek

Crazy Funny: Seven Psychopaths centers on Marty (Colin Farrell), Hans (Christopher Walken) and Billy (Sam Rockwell), three Tinseltown oddballs with a sideline in dognapping. CBS Films hide caption

Seven Psychopaths

Director: Martin McDonagh
Genre: Comedy
Running Time: 109 minutes

Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use

With: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken

Watch Clips

'I've Been Busy'

Credit: CBS

'Don't Get Mad'

Credit: CBS Films

If you do the math, the number of true psychopaths in Seven Psychopaths may not quite add up. Perhaps writer-director Martin McDonagh didn't want to go overboard with the murderous crazies. As it is, he's peopled his whimsically brutal comic thriller with — to name just three — an Amish throat-slasher, a dynamite-packing Buddhist and a serial killer who's fond of white bunny rabbits. That's probably enough.

Then again, the killer sickos are just the gimmick in Seven Psychopaths. This is really a movie about the creative impulse and its tendency to make people nuts, a subject it explores with incessant and sometimes exasperating restlessness.

Colin Farrell plays Marty, a Hollywood screenwriter who's behind on his latest script: He has the title ("Seven Psychopaths") and one or two characters (including the killer Buddhist, though he hasn't yet figured out exactly how a Buddhist goes about killing), but beyond that, he's lost.

His best friend, aimless actor-type Billy Bickle — he's played by Sam Rockwell, and his last name is perhaps an all-too-obvious clue regarding his psychological temperament — begs Marty to let him co-write the screenplay, going so far as to take out a "calling all psychopaths" newspaper ad without his buddy's consent.

Billy is extremely loyal to his friends: He believes, rightly, that Marty has a drinking problem and tries to get him off the sauce. He uses up other portions of his generally empty days helping another pal, Hans (Christopher Walken), kidnap dogs and return them to their owners shortly thereafter; Hans accepts, with faux reluctance, whatever reward money is offered, and then uses it for his wife's cancer treatments, so his heart is in the right place.

Charlie (Woody Harrelson) turns out to be the kind of guy who's willing to do anything to get his pet back. CBS Films hide caption

Charlie (Woody Harrelson) turns out to be the kind of guy who's willing to do anything to get his pet back.

But one day, Billy nabs a petite Shih Tzu on Hans' behalf. (The dog's name, in real life and in the picture, is Bonny, and the movie's press notes describe her as a "fur fatale," which is about right.) He doesn't know that the winsome little puffball is the beloved pet of a ruthless Hollywood gangster named Charlie (Woody Harrelson), who's ready to break kneecaps, or worse, to get his pooch back.

Seven Psychopaths is McDonagh's first film since his 2008 debut feature, In Bruges, and it shares that picture's precocious archness. Characters trade barbs and quips like crazy blue jays, and the rambunctious exchanges are entertaining at first.

But the picture is so aggressively clever that it becomes wearisome. What starts out as a funny-grim Hollywood noir, complete with grisly razor slashings and blunt, point-blank stomach shootings, ends up as a semi-existential rumination on the nature of creating art, as three of the major characters camp out in the desert, waiting — and waiting — for a Peckinpah-style shootout to happen. It's probably supposed to mean something deep, but what? There's something overtly mechanical about McDonagh's approach that keeps it all from being as outrageously fun as it's pretending to be.

But it is enjoyable to watch the parade of actors McDonagh has assembled: Farrell, with his perpetually anxious brow, is refreshingly low-key in the midst of all this overwritten folderol. Tom Waits appears in a small but potent role; he's scruffy and touching, as earnest as a tattered valentine. And Walken — nominated for a Tony Award for his role in McDonagh's 2010 play A Behanding in Spokane — is something to behold, thanks to his trademark Walken weirdness.

When a mob baddie sticks a gun in his face and asks him to put his hands up, he retorts, with the bland indifference of a lizard sunning himself on a rock, "No." When the aggressor asks him why he refuses to comply, he elaborates: "Because I don't feel like it." Walken strides through Seven Psychopaths casually, gracefully, like the superb dancer that he is. Everything else around him is working overtime, but he doesn't seem to notice.

Log in or sign up for Rotten Tomatoes

Trouble logging in?

By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from the Fandango Media Brands .

By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and to receive email from the Fandango Media Brands .

By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes.

Email not verified

Let's keep in touch.

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

Upcoming Movies and TV shows
Trivia & Rotten Tomatoes Podcast
Media News + More

By clicking "Sign Me Up," you are agreeing to receive occasional emails and communications from Fandango Media (Fandango, Vudu, and Rotten Tomatoes) and consenting to Fandango's Privacy Policy and Terms and Policies . Please allow 10 business days for your account to reflect your preferences.

OK, got it!

Movies / TV

No results found.

What's the Tomatometer®?
Login/signup

Movies in theaters

Opening this week
Top box office
Coming soon to theaters
Certified fresh movies

Movies at home

Fandango at Home
Netflix streaming
Prime Video
Most popular streaming movies
What to Watch New

Certified fresh picks

Challengers Link to Challengers
Abigail Link to Abigail
Arcadian Link to Arcadian

New TV Tonight

The Jinx: Season 2
Knuckles: Season 1
THEM: The Scare: Season 2
Velma: Season 2
The Big Door Prize: Season 2
Secrets of the Octopus: Season 1
Dead Boy Detectives: Season 1
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story: Season 1
We're Here: Season 4

Seven Psychopaths Reviews

As one character points out: “This thing’s got layers.”

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 23, 2022

In its efforts to be thought-provoking and unique, it nearly derails itself by transforming into something less than a whole, sensible project.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 2, 2020

This is a dark, screwball comedy-drama that constantly surprises.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 29, 2020

A testosterone-fueled, pseudo-road movie with a story that's smart, quick-witted, and self-referential.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jul 18, 2020

When the end result is quite as funny and off-the-wall as this, and the actors all quite as engaging and sharp, it's rather hard to care about the lack of lasting impact.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2020

A highly entertaining movie filled with laughs, violence and some wonderful performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 13, 2019

A slick little joy ride that manages to gives us another great incarnation of the one and only Christopher Walken.

Full Review | Aug 5, 2019

McDonagh's own script is too clever by half, and so over-torqued in the final act that it loses traction. But getting there is more than half the fun, as we watch the acting-notably the blithe tap-dance of Walken's splendidly off-kilter performance.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2019

McDonagh has mostly succeeded in crafting a funny, self-reflexive comedy thriller, yet fails to upturn the male-dominated cult of Hollywood when held under closer scrutiny.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 6, 2019

The baroque stories-within-stories and irreverent dialogue have been done immeasurably better in the films of Quentin Tarantino.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 1, 2019

It's pure pleasure -- for both those who like crime capers and those who like mocking them.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 20, 2018

I can't say this film is as brilliant as it professes to be; however, it is a funny, thought-provoking and oddly entertaining 90 minutes.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 14, 2018

The film is incredibly quotable and full of memorable moments, making for a script that never stops delivering.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 1, 2018

Seven Psychopaths is one of those movies that's too cute by half.

Full Review | Oct 31, 2018

An underrated gem.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 31, 2018

It's a film that will leave you puzzled, especially after a rough first half hour, but the more you open your mind to will prove revelatory, entirely engrossing and incredibly funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 27, 2018

Watchable as ever, Walken and Rockwell provide two hilarious performances that should keep the audience entertained.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018

Seven Psychopaths unspools with clever ease and buffoonish charm. It is effortlessly brilliant and always accessible but more important, it slavishly satisfies the first rule of comedy - make 'em laugh.

Full Review | Aug 21, 2018

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.

Full Review | Nov 14, 2017

Violence may be served up in copious amounts, but McDonagh also creates characters who have no qualms going gently into that good night.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2017

Screen Rant

'seven psychopaths' review, seven psychopaths is a smart and well-executed dark comedy full of over-the-top violence and intriguing rumination on human nature and the joy of killing..

In 2008, writer/director/producer Martin McDonagh released In Bruges , starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes. Despite an underwhelming box office performance, the film found success among critics and as a cult favorite after its home format release. Four years later and McDonagh is back, once again teaming with Colin Farrell, for another black-dramedy, Seven Psychopaths .

McDonagh is aided in his efforts this round by an enormous ensemble cast that includes (in addition to Farrell) Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Christopher Walken, Harry Dean Stanton, Woody Harrelson, and Gabourey Sidibe, among others. Does Seven Psychopaths offer a movie experience that will be appealing to In Bruges faithfuls as well as casual moviegoers - so that the fan-favorite director can earn solid box office profits in addition to critical acclaim?

Fortunately, the answer is yes. While Seven Psychopaths retains the same ultra-violent dark-comedy approach of In Bruges , the cast of familiar actors, Los Angeles setting, not to mention the central dog-napping set-up, positions McDonagh's latest film for greater visibility this round - without undercutting the strength of his writing or storytelling. In Bruges fans who were worried that the sizable cast, not to mention the tense departure of Mickey Rourke and last minute casting of Harrelson, might have convoluted McDonagh's final product can rest easy. In many ways, Seven Psychopaths is a step up for the director - as he attempts to tackle larger questions about life, death, and psychopaths.

This time around Farrell is playing a down-on-his-luck screenwriter, Marty, who spends all day drinking instead of writing. However, when Marty is kicked out by his girlfriend Kaya (Abbie Cornish), he's forced to take refuge on the couch of his best friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell) - a con man who, along with partner Hans (Christopher Walken), steals dogs and returns them to owners for reward money. Unfortunately, just as Marty hits rock bottom, Billy steals a Shih Tzu belonging to notorious crime lord, Charlie (Woody Harrelson), who goes on a blood-splattering rampage in search of the beloved dog. Through the highs and lows of the experience, Marty begins to fill in the pages of his screenplay, "Seven Psychopaths," reappropriating the various situations, and mentally unstable personalities, for life on the big screen - in addition to learning that some psychopaths aren't as bad as they might seem.

Moral ambiguity is a major focus of the performances - as many of the actors attempt to showcase the psychopathic extremes of their characters. Some are certainly more interesting than others: Rockwell walks a playful line (and provides an especially memorable monologue) while Walken's turn as Hans offers some of the film's most enjoyable as well as emotional moments. Farrell's Marty, while entertaining scene to scene, is pretty bland overall and, despite a large amount of time dedicated to establishing (and frequently mentioning) his personal story arcs, he's just an observer and doesn't really develop outside of writing the script.

The rest of the ensemble is massive and viewers will be treated to a steady stream of familiar faces in unique and entertaining roles but few of the characters stick around long enough to distract from the core story that McDonagh is telling. Instead, through Marty, who is attempting to make sense of the crazy situation he's been thrown into (while also trying to get his back on his feet), the director tackles a range of topics including society's preoccupation with violence, disinterest in meaningful storytelling, and fear of the unknown (both secular and religious) - all while tying together stories involving a range of psychopathic personalities: a Vietnamese soldier, a mask-wearing mercenary, and a pair of homicidal lovers/vigilantes, among others.

To that end, Seven Psychopaths is one of the craziest film experiences that audiences will ever see, while at the same time offering an equal number of exceptionally insightful moments, especially as the film presses into the third act. Throats are cut, heads explode, and even though the movie is outrageously violent at times, McDonagh still manages to use all that brutality for a purpose beyond merely entertaining viewers - managing to present a number of intriguing juxtapositions where brutal people show their vulnerability and vulnerable people show their brutality. In these grey areas, surrounded by an absurd and over-the-top premise, Seven Psychopaths manages to deliver one of the more honest and introspective film experiences in recent memory.

Despite its successes, with so many odd-ball characters running around, not all of the narrative threads in Seven Psychopaths come full circle. A few substantive plot threads are entirely abandoned and, in some cases, the movie prioritizes quick gags over previously established character development. Given the ambitions of the larger story and the size of the ensemble, it's not surprising that McDonagh couldn't payoff every single plot point but he definitely focuses his time and energy in the right places. In an especially strong example, one side-lined character actually delivers the most impactful moment of the film. Still, moviegoers who respond to some of the support characters, or showed up to advocate for a favorite actor, might find the focus of their enthusiasm suddenly removed to make way for the primary psychopaths - with little resolution. Admittedly, this happens all the time in movies, it's just that the amount of familiar faces in Seven Psychopaths makes it more noticeable.

Seven Psychopaths is a smart and well-executed dark comedy full of over-the-top violence and intriguing rumination on human nature and the joy of killing. The film sports an enjoyable ensemble and plenty of memorable performances - even if a few interesting plot threads get dropped in service of the larger project. Moviegoers who can handle philosophical musings accompanied by exploding heads will find that McDonagh has delivered another sharp and entertaining film.

If you’re still on the fence about Seven Psychopaths , check out the trailer below:

[poll id="406"]

Let us know what you thought of the film in the comment section below.

Follow me on Twitter @ benkendrick for future reviews, as well as movie, TV, and gaming news.

Seven Psychopaths is Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use. Now playing in theaters.

International edition
Australia edition
Europe edition

Sam Rockwell and Colin Farrell in Seven Psychopaths

Seven Psychopaths – review

S even Psychopaths is one of those titles, like 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag , or 9 Dead Gay Guys , which is trying that bit too hard. And what is strange is that this disappointing movie is written and directed by Martin McDonagh, the brilliant and prize-garlanded author of stage and screen who made it look like he didn't need to try at all. After a string of superb stage plays, and his Oscar-winning short film Six Shooter in 2004, McDonagh wrote and directed In Bruges , a sparklingly scripted and utterly distinctive black comedy about a couple of hitmen forced to lay low in a European city they find oppressively boring. It was a treat from beginning to end, and so expectations could hardly be higher for his first Hollywood movie, which has turned out to be a violently self-aware LA comedy-thriller about a wannabe screenwriter; it looks like a halting pastiche of Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary and Shane Black.

There are a few solid laughs here, though they are mostly in the first 20 minutes – and incidentally, any future ironically postmodern movie about screenwriting urgently needs to address the question of why the good stuff is always only in the first 20 minutes. But after a while the narrative falters, the ideas flag and it simply gets dull, with a laborious finale set in the Joshua Tree national park, whose teenage-touristy reputation the film does not satirise. Seven Psychopaths looks like an early script McDonagh has been emboldened to bring out and dust off, or it could be a semi-deliberate satire of his own experiences of writing in Tinseltown, surrounded by crazies who have the real power.

First among equals in this star-studded picture is Colin Farrell , playing Marty, a struggling writer in Los Angeles, though apparently living in a nice apartment and able to drink in some pretty swell places. He wants to write a film about psychopaths, but has a muddled need to make it a gentle drama about love. His friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) is an out-of-work actor who suggests psychopath research, which leads them to meet the sinister rabbit-fancier Zachariah (Tom Waits). Billy has a scam of his own going: he steals rich people's dogs, and then his plausible friend Hans (Christopher Walken) delivers the poor pooches back to their tearful owners, claiming to have found them wandering round, and collects the cash reward. One day Hans and Billy pinch a shih tzu (cue innumerable and entirely justifiable gags) belonging to Charlie, a seriously freaky wiseguy played by Woody Harrelson, who's out for revenge.

So: who exactly are the psychopaths here, and what's the difference between a psychopath and just a nasty, unthinkingly violent criminal? The movie The Guard, by Martin McDonagh's brother, John Michael McDonagh, has a character who is addressed as a psychopath and angrily says this should be "sociopath", and the correction could be applied to this film in a couple of places. But clinical definitions and sensitive terminology aside, easily the biggest wacko turns out to be Hans, the one played by Christopher Walken. Now: no surprise there, you may think, given Walken's previous roles and what is revealed about Hans's backstory. But it is his reaction to a certain event in a hospital that marks him out as utterly chilling, totally without feelings. Yet before this moment, bafflingly, we had been invited to think of Hans as a kind of a good guy: droll, considerate, wise. Hans actually reads Marty's script and even has a bit of a politically correct whinge about the way he represents women. Could this be McDonagh's way of pre-empting objections about the way he's treating women in his own film? Marty's girlfriend, Maya, played by Abbie Cornish, is charmlessly insulted by Billy, and Charlie's wife, played by Olga Kurylenko, is treated brutally. But it's pretty feeble for McDonagh to lose his nerve about this and get Hans to start complaining about gender politics on his behalf. Well, there's a fair bit to enjoy in the film's opening act, and especially in the very first sequence, two assassins indulging in some classic Royale With Cheese pre-whack bickering, and a broad "look behind you" gag. The shih tzu is a trouper, with some nifty paw action.

Comedy films
Colin Farrell
Martin McDonagh

More on this story

Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs

Seven Psychopaths: 'You can't kill dogs in Hollywood'

Christopher Walken: 'No matter who I play, it's me'

Seven Psychopaths: watch an exclusive clip - video

Toronto film festival 2012: argo, ginger & rosa and seven psychopaths - video reviews.

Christopher Walken on A Late Quartet: 'I'm the dad' - video

Comments (…), most viewed.

Seven Psychopaths Review

05 Dec 2012

110 minutes

Seven Psychopaths

Martin Mcdonagh made a lasting impression in 2008 with his debut feature, In Bruges — which has crept up many people’s favourite film lists, partly thanks to its quotability. Given that there’s been a four-year wait for a follow-up, and that Seven Psychopaths is about a blocked Irish screenwriter called Marty, there’s a possibility that McDonagh is flirting with autobiography here. Or maybe that’s as much a feint as anything else on offer.

In a set-up reminiscent of Adaptation and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, every film cliché is followed by a footnote. The funniest, most perceptive deconstructions of movie conventions come from a complete maniac. Billy (Sam Rockwell) notes that you can do anything on screen to a woman so long as you let a cute animal go unscathed.

Colin Farrell, so much better in indie dramas than product like the Fright Night or Total Recall remakes, plays it quizzical as the token non-psychopath, letting Rockwell seize the day as the hero’s collaborator/stalker/best friend. It’s the sort of role that would have a lock on a Best Supporting Actor nomination if only Christopher Walken, delivering the full-strength Walken for the first time in a while, weren’t in the same film. Walken gets a face-off moment, involving a cravat, with Woody Harrelson’s gangster that’s as good as his confrontation with Dennis Hopper in True Romance. There’s too much material here for it all to be digested, especially since the plot is basically a dance around the fact that there isn’t one… and the smart insights about lazy moviemaking still apply to this film as much as to the most average shoot ’em up.

Movies | 01 09 2022

Movies | 04 08 2022

Movies | 17 11 2017

Movies | 09 03 2016

Movies | 07 12 2012

Movies | 17 10 2012

Movies | 20 09 2012

Movies | 05 09 2012

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

User Reviews
it looks so skinny...
yes it's quite weak.
and, it does not have teeth...
no it doesn't... the twit!
it also looks like it's not seeing well...
yeah, it is blind; such an old piece of turd!
then why bring it to the market?
well, i just want to ridicule the bastard.

Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews

User Ratings
External Reviews
Metacritic Reviews
Full Cast and Crew
Release Dates
Official Sites
Company Credits
Filming & Production
Technical Specs
Plot Summary
Plot Keywords
Parents Guide

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits
Alternate Versions
Connections
Soundtracks

Photo & Video

Photo Gallery
Trailers and Videos

Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Charlie Juhl
Movie Reviews
7 responses
--> October 14, 2012

Seven Psychopaths (2012) by The Critical Movie Critics

With dognapped dog.

Seven Psychopaths may be the best movie title of the year. Martin McDonagh certainly has a way of coming up with apt and memorable titles for the audience to carry around with them, he is also responsible for “ In Bruges .” One could easily argue that Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were also psychopaths in “In Bruges,” but “Two Psychopaths” doesn’t work nearly as well when you can cram a full seven in there instead (even better when one of them is Christopher Walken).

Two mid-level gangsters are hanging out griping about the gangster business, specifically about whether or not either of them has ever shot anybody through the eyeball. This is exactly the same conversation the two gangsters in McDonagh’s first film could easily have had. Hell, Seven Psychopaths looks like it might as well be “In Bruges 2: Los Angeles.” However, these two gangsters immediately stop their conversation when a hooded assassin somewhat casually walks up behind them, shoots them in the head, and leaves a jack of diamonds on each body — enter the Jack O’Diamonds killer. This was a good move by McDonagh. He sets the audience up with two guys spouting “ Pulp Fiction ” dialogue and abruptly offs them to let the audience know they better be careful, Seven Psychopaths is odd, unpredictable, and may take a 180-degree turn when they least expect it. It also means there is a fresh film here and not just a knock-off of something seen already.

There is a film within a film in Seven Psychopaths and it too is named “Seven Psychopaths.” Marty (Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter who thinks a bit of alcohol will take the edge off and let the ideas flow like wine. The problem is the glass of wine turns into a margarita and then into a bottle of bourbon. This is no way to reliably develop characters on the page. Billy (Sam Rockwell) is Marty’s actor friend and wants to motivate him but as any good friend does, he reminds Marty that since he is an Irish writer, there is no fighting alcoholism, it is in his blood. Billy tells Marty some good stories which he should put in his screenplay about the Jack O’Diamonds killer and a guy called the Quaker killer. Each time one of these stories is told, Seven Psychopaths breaks away from reality and shows us sort of a short story which is narrated by either Billy or Marty. The real seven psychopaths are not the characters in Martin McDonagh’s film, but in Marty’s screenplay.

Billy is only a part-time actor though. To make money, he works with Hans (Walken) to kidnap dogs, wait for the reward poster to be put up by worried owners, and then heads off to collect the dough. Naturally, they kidnap the wrong guy’s dog. Charlie (Woody Harrelson) loves his Shih Tzu Bonny. When Bonny turns up missing, Charlie and his goons start killing people. It’s not all bad news though, these violent segues are really helping out Marty’s screenplay even though the body count is starting to rise. Both Billy and Hans start contributing ideas for the screenplay: Character backstories, motivations, and even possible dream sequences and endings are in high demand. Running and hiding from a vengeful gangster can be nerve-wracking, but fleshing out an effective screenplay is a good hobby to take your mind off of your troubles for awhile.

Three psychopaths?

The first half of Seven Psychopaths is one of the best films of the year; unfortunately, the second half torpedoes what was shaping up to be a surprising success. The psychopath vignettes are original, creative, and the best part of the movie. An oddball named Zachariah (Tom Waits) pops up to contribute one you will not soon forget. Halfway though, with the real characters on the run from Charlie, the story becomes far too reminiscent of “ Scream .” In that series, the characters knew what was coming next because they were very knowledgeable of the horror genre. They described the types of characters who would not make it to the end and even in what order they would start to fall. Seven Psychopaths turns self aware and veers directly into similar territory, but with the action genre. Billy points out the best spot to have a final showdown, which characters will get shot and why, and he gets quite angry if Marty or Hans does something to interfere with how this is all working out in his head.

Notwithstanding Seven Psychopaths has an ill conceived second half, it is still bizarrely fun entertainment. Not as much as “In Bruges,” mind you, but enough to make this action/gangster/buddy movie a worthy sophomoric effort by McDonagh. And if nothing else, the casting of Christopher Walken as a psychopath is a brilliant piece of matching a man with a part. His spiked, “ Eraserhead ” kind of hair, blank stares and interesting delivery, would make even Hannibal Lecter remark, “Wow, this guys is nuts!”

Tagged: dog , kidnap , scam , writer

I like movies and they like me right back. You can find out how much by visiting my personal site Citizen Charlie .

Movie Review: The Gatekeepers (2012) Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures (2013) Movie Review: Warm Bodies (2013) Movie Review: Parker (2013) Movie Review: Mama (2013) Movie Review: 5 Broken Cameras (2011) Movie Review: Gangster Squad (2013)

'Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths (2012)' have 7 comments

October 14, 2012 @ 8:34 pm NotRob

Clever but never as clever as it wants to be or thinks it is.

October 14, 2012 @ 9:16 pm Phil Britton

In Bruges is the better McDonagh movie.

October 14, 2012 @ 9:57 pm Mojos1970

All I need is Christopher Walken. A looney Christopher Walken more so.

October 18, 2012 @ 3:20 pm electro

Is there another kind of Walken?

October 14, 2012 @ 11:14 pm Warner

I’d go further and say the ending was terrible.

October 15, 2012 @ 12:10 am Diptheria

Both Tom Waits and Christopher Walken as “psychopaths” is perfect casting. Everyone else is pretty good too.

October 15, 2012 @ 3:26 pm mjanes

Martin McDonagh has an interesting lens he sees the world through!

| Log in

Celebs News
Latest Movie Reviews
New Movie Trailers
Film Photos and Posters
Best Of Lists
Movie Interviews
TV Show Recaps
TV Show Clips
TV Interviews
Music Photos
Music Videos
Music Artists – Album Details, Biographies and News
Celeb Photos
Celeb Videos
Celebrity Interviews – Actors, Writers and Directors
Celebrity Charities, Biographies, and Info
Upcoming Book Releases and Book Reviews
Sign in / Join

Movie Review: ‘Seven Psychopaths’

Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell in Seven Psychopaths

Coming off the excellent In Bruges , writer/director Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths had a lot to live up to. He brought back Colin Farrell and stuck to portraying a world that’s a bit seedier than the one most people live in. The comparisons generally end there, however.

Farrell plays a screenwriter looking for inspiration but drinking away his grip on everyday life. His best friend ( Sam Rockwell ) is in cahoots with Christopher Walken in a dog-napping enterprise which nets them the reward money distraught owners inevitably put up in order to be reunited with their furry friends. As fate (and McDonagh’s often all-too-clever script) would have it, they happen to steal the prized pooch of an unbalanced criminal (Woody Harrelson) who will go to any lengths to get his dog back.

Along the way, we’re introduced to characters that fill out the title billing and act as the basis for Farrell’s screenplay. It’s in the description and re-dramatization of these ancillary characters where the film shines, offering equal shades of bloody violence and unflinching comedy. However, unlike what the trailer may have you believe, the pacing of the movie is anything but brisk.

Despite a running time short of the two-hour mark, trudging through the meticulous layout of the story makes the experience feel much longer, and I even found my eyelids getting a bit heavy towards the end. It’s not that there aren’t some very funny moments, it’s that you’ve seen 75% of them in the trailer, and while awaiting another great exchange between Walken and Harrelson or hoping there’s another interesting character to grace the screen, watching Farrell’s character mope isn’t all that interesting. He’s a gifted actor but the script leaves him without much depth and on such a cliché development arc that there isn’t much satisfaction in seeing it play out.

Watching the film mainly had me wishing I’d re-watched In Bruges or another project McDonagh was a producer on, The Guard . Each of those delivers really fresh takes on the universe they inhabit and made for excellent cinema. The predominant emotion leaving the theater here was disappointment, and perhaps my expectations got the better of me.

Seven Psychopaths is almost like some weird mash-up of movies from the ’90s like True Romance , Pulp Fiction and The Usual Suspects . Yeah, you’d think that’s a compliment but trust me, it’s not. The whole movie feels dated and treads on territory that feels all too familiar. Walken’s performance and a few fun moments keep this from being a true waste of time, but justifying a $64 dollar movie ticket is hard to do. This one can easily wait for the movie channels.

Seven Psychopaths hits theaters on October 12, 2012 and is rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use.

Or browse by category:

Get the app
Movie Reviews
Best Movie Lists
Best Movies on Netflix, Disney+, and More

Common Sense Selections for Movies

50 Modern Movies All Kids Should Watch Before They're 12

Best TV Lists
Best TV Shows on Netflix, Disney+, and More
Common Sense Selections for TV
Video Reviews of TV Shows

Best Kids' Shows on Disney+

Best Kids' TV Shows on Netflix

Book Reviews
Best Book Lists
Common Sense Selections for Books

8 Tips for Getting Kids Hooked on Books

50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12

Game Reviews
Best Game Lists

Common Sense Selections for Games

Video Reviews of Games

Nintendo Switch Games for Family Fun

Podcast Reviews
Best Podcast Lists

Common Sense Selections for Podcasts

Parents' Guide to Podcasts

App Reviews
Best App Lists

Social Networking for Teens

Gun-Free Action Game Apps

Reviews for AI Apps and Tools

YouTube Channel Reviews
YouTube Kids Channels by Topic

Parents' Ultimate Guide to YouTube Kids

Explaining the News to Our Kids

Family Tech Planners
Digital Skills
All Articles
Latino Culture
Black Voices
Asian Stories
Native Narratives
LGBTQ+ Pride
Best of Diverse Representation List

Celebrating Black History Month

Movies and TV Shows with Arab Leads

Celebrate Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary

Seven psychopaths, common sense media reviewers.

Graphic violence, strong language in clever crime comedy.

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this movie.

The characters discuss the option of telling a sto

The main character, a screenwriter, grows tired of

Many characters are shot and killed, with lots of

Characters are shown attempting to have sex (with

Very strong, frequent language includes uses of "f

A Milky Way chocolate bar is shown very briefly.

The main character is shown to have a drinking pro

Positive Messages

The characters discuss the option of telling a story without any violence or conflict, but their conclusion is that a good story needs a lot of violence.

Positive Role Models

The main character, a screenwriter, grows tired of violent stories and tries as much as he can to work toward something that involves introspection and discussion. He tries to save a wounded bad guy, even though the attempt backfires on him. Unfortunately, violence tends to win the day here. Additionally, this character is shown to have a drinking problem.

Violence & Scariness

Many characters are shot and killed, with lots of spurting blood. In one scene, a gangster shoots an innocent old lady in the head; blood is sprayed on the walls. A woman is shot in the stomach. Throats are sliced, and a character is shot with a crossbow. Heads explode. A character attempts suicide via a bombing. In a flashback, two killers shoot people, burn them alive, and saw victims' heads off. In an imagined finale, there's a ridiculously bloody shootout. Much of the violence is meant to be comical in a shocking way, i.e. the suddenness and randomness of the targets.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide.

Sex, Romance & Nudity

Characters are shown attempting to have sex (with noises), but they stop. A topless woman is shown. A main character is shown with a wet top, and her breasts are somewhat visible beneath.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide.

Very strong, frequent language includes uses of "f--k," "motherf---r," "s--t," "p---y," "c--t," "bitch," "d--k," "ass," "bastard," "hell," "damn," "goddamn," "oh my God," "Jesus Christ" (as an exclamation), and derogatory terms such as the "N" word, "f-gs," and "homos."

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide.

Products & Purchases

Drinking, drugs & smoking.

The main character is shown to have a drinking problem. It costs him his relationship with his girlfriend, and he turns to drinking for every problem he has. The problem is acknowledged, and it's assumed that he has stopped drinking by the story's end. Another character regularly smokes peyote.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Seven Psychopaths is the second feature film by acclaimed playwright and Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh , who frequently uses crime, violence, and strong language in his smart-but-edgy stories. Seven Psychopaths is no exception: Expect lots of graphic, bloody images, including shooting and killing; spraying, splattered blood; victims burned alive; sawing a victim's neck; and an over-the-top bloody shootout with exploding heads. Language is very strong ("f--k," "s--t," "c--t," etc.), and there's a near-sex scene, a topless woman, and a woman wearing a wet, see-through top. A major character is also shown to have a drinking problem. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

Where to Watch

Videos and photos.

Community Reviews

Parents say (3)
Kids say (10)

Based on 3 parent reviews

Too sexual to watch, I wouldn't watch or let my kids watch either

What's the story.

Screenwriter Marty ( Colin Farrell ) is having trouble with his new screenplay, Seven Psychopaths . He's getting tired of violence in movies and is trying to figure out how to tell his story peacefully. Meanwhile, his best friend, Billy ( Sam Rockwell ), and Billy's associate, Hans ( Christopher Walken ), are running a business kidnapping dogs, returning them, and collecting rewards. Unfortunately, they've just kidnapped a beautiful Shih Tzu, Bonny, who belongs to a sadistic gangster ( Woody Harrelson ). Meanwhile, a masked killer is on the loose, as well as several other psychopaths. Our trio ventures into the desert to try to make sense of it all, but will this trip result in self-discovery or a bloody showdown?

Is It Any Good?

SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS is terrific. Acclaimed Irish playwright Martin McDonagh won an Oscar for his short film Six Shooter (2005) and received a screenwriting nomination for his feature debut In Bruges (2008). Here, he continues to mix crime and dark comedy, but this time he adds a layer of self-awareness, deconstructing both the writing process and the need for conflict (and/or violence) in writing.

Miraculously, like Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation (2002), Seven Psychopaths manages to deftly juggle characters, humor, and its lofty ideas without dropping anything or giving anything away too soon. In spite of the movie's immense cleverness, it has a genuine affection for its trio of misfits, and they have a genuine affection for one another, too. Best of all is not so much McDonagh's one-liners but rather the conversations between characters, which tend to grow funnier the longer they go on (just listen to the one about "an eye for an eye").

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about Seven Psycopaths ' violence . Is violence necessary to tell a good story? Why do the characters discuss violence? Do you agree with their conclusions?

How does the movie portray the main character's drinking problem ? Do the consequences seem realistic? How does it compare to other depictions in movies/on TV?

There's a brief comment about how the fictitious screenplay in the story has no strong female characters. How are women characters represented in the real movie? How does the comment relate to it?

Movie Details

In theaters : October 12, 2012
On DVD or streaming : January 29, 2013
Cast : Christopher Walken , Colin Farrell , Sam Rockwell
Director : Martin McDonagh
Studio : CBS Films
Genre : Comedy
Run time : 109 minutes
MPAA rating : R
MPAA explanation : strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity and some drug use
Last updated : April 20, 2024

Did we miss something on diversity?

Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update.

Suggest an Update

Our editors recommend.

The Big Lebowski

Want personalized picks for your kids' age and interests?

Thriller Movies

Spy movies for kids.

Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

Seven Psychopaths | Review

Usual Suspects: McDonagh Gives Us a Light Killer Comedy With Latest

Martin McDonagh Seven Psychopaths Poster

Marty (Colin Farrell) is a struggling, alcoholic screenwriter trying to pen his latest idea concerning seven psychopaths…only he’s anti-violence and wants to make the film about peace and turning the other cheek. Marty’s best friend, Billy Bickle, wants him to finish the screenplay by any means possible, and is constantly looking to inspire him, though he is at odds with Marty’s distant girlfriend, Kaya (Abbie Cornish). Billy really wants to Marty to invite him on as cowriter, but the two have opposing ideas about the depiction of violence. And it’s Billy who keeps giving Marty ideas for psychopaths, both by using a current Los Angeles serial killer known as the Jack of Diamonds Killer and by telling him a crazy story about a vengeful Quaker. Billy’s an actor, but between gigs runs a dog catching scheme with Hans (Christopher Walken). But the duo kidnaps a Shih Tzu one day that happens to belong to a violent gangster (Woody Harrelson) and soon all three of them are running for their lives trying to figure out how to get Bunny off their hands. On the way, Marty gets plenty of input on his growing script idea from Billy and Hans….but happens to find out that some of Billy’s stories may not just be urban legend. A meeting of psychotic minds would seem to be inevitable.

Hands down, the number one reason to see Seven Psychopaths is a kooky, hilarious turn from Christopher Walken, giving us the funny side of his famed persona. Oh, and Sam Rockwell gives a zany and memorable turn as Marty’s friend, and you can guess what Bickle is an ode to. As Billy and Marty hammer out ideas for the script, their opposing views create the second half of the film, with Marty wanting to pen a formulaic action film that turns into three guys camping out in the desert for the climax (which, they actually get to do).

Of course, Billy’s insistence on a violent, explosive shoot-out has to be taken into consideration as well. Hans criticizes Marty’s inability to write women characters, claiming none of them are even able to put a sentence together. Likewise, the three females of Seven Psychopaths (Gabourey Sidibe, Olga Kurylenko and Abbie Cornish) are all given short shrift. And there’s also a delicious subplot involving Tom Waits as a rabbit carrying weirdo who responds to an add Billy runs calling for psychopaths to share their personal stories. For as meta as the film ends up being, it feels decidedly short on lasting substance, and often feels like a series of scenarios sewn together by a great group of funny guys having a good time. Certainly, it doesn’t better McDonagh’s previous excellence, but it’s a slick little joy ride that manages to gives us another great incarnation of the one and only Christopher Walken.

Reviewed on September 07 at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival – MIDNIGHT MADNESS Programme. 109 Min

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

More in Reviews

La Bête (The Beast) | Review

In the Mood for Love & Death: Bonello Explores the Final Frontier of Emotional Intelligence Throughout...

The Old Oak | Review

A Tree Grows in England: Loach Loses Steam in Klutzy Refugee Drama There’s no doubt Ken...

Coup de chance | Review

Bad Luck Banging: Luck is a Fickle Mistress in Allen’s Amusing Gallic Debut For his fiftieth...

La Chimera | Review

The Passionate Thief: Rohrwacher Finds Treasures Under the Tuscan Sun “The sun is following us,” whispers...

DogMan | Review

All Dogs Go to Heaven: Besson Gets Bombastic with Retro Pulp The suspension of disbelief required...

Film Festivals

2024 cannes film festival: sergei loznitsa, leos carax, alain guiraudie, claire simon & noemie merlant pack cannes.

2024 Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia, Lanthimos, Baker, Gomes & Agathe Riedinger’s Debut Vie for Palme d’Or

2024 Cannes Film Festival: Audrey Diwan, Abdellatif Kechiche & Jessica Palud Among 11th Hour Film Options?

2024 Cannes Film Festival: Matthew Rankin, Tyler Taormina, Poggi/Vinel & India Donaldson Lock in Directors’ Fortnight

2024 Cannes Film Festival: Ariane Labed, Rungano Nyoni, Mo Harawe, Konstantin Bojanov & Roberto Minervini in Un Certain Regard

https://tinyurl.com/y4qp8jvo

Information

This article was written on 04 Jul 2013, and is filled under Reviews .

Current post is tagged

arrow through neck , beloved dog , Christopher walken , Colin Farrell , gangster , head blown off , kidnap gangster's Shih Tzu , Los Angeles criminal underworld , Martin McDonough , Sam Rockwell , screenwriter , shih Tzu , struggling screenwriter , Tom Waits , Woody Harrelson

Seven Psychopaths **** (2012, Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits) – Movie Review

‘Put your hands up.’

‘I said no.’

‘I don’t want to.’

‘But I’ve got a gun.’

‘I don’t care.’

‘That doesn’t make any sense.’

‘Too bad!’

With its delicious, ultra-witty script and dazzling direction by playwright and Oscar winner Martin McDonagh (in his first film since the 2008 hit In Bruges), Seven Psychopaths is nothing short of brilliant. Involving, entertaining, hilarious and scary, it’s a black-comedy crime thriller gem.

The music is clever and visuals cool thanks to Carter Burwell’s fine score and Ben Davis’s striking cinematography. It helps a lot that the acting is perfect, with Christopher Walken a knockout and Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson (replacing Mickey Rourke after a disagreement) outstanding, all working at the top of their game.

Main star Colin Farrell is really good too as a struggling Irish screenwriter who gets embroiled with dangerous LA lowlifes when his crazy crook buddies (Rockwell and Walken) make the mistake of kidnapping mobster Harrelson’s beloved Shih Tzu dog. ‘They won’t take any shih tzu.’ Ha! Ha! Then a lot of very bad things happen, well they shouldn’t have messed with the dog!

Walken manages to do the Walken turn, but keep it subtle and sophisticated, real and affecting, at the same time, etching his role of Hans into the memory. It’s Walken you remember, but then you recall the others too. McDonagh’s self-referential musings on film script-writing are a delight.

Cleverer and more polished than In Bruges, it’s total treat for connoisseurs.

Check out more reviews on http://derekwinnert.com

7 psychopaths movie review

IMAGES

VIDEO

COMMENTS

Movie Reviews

Roger Ebert

Now playing

Arthur the King

State of Consciousness

Carol Doda Topless at the Condor

Brian Tallerico

Monica Castillo

Food, Inc. 2

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Written and directed by

Latest blog posts

Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise Moves to Streaming with Entertaining Knuckles

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Highlights Unearthed Treasures of Film History

Ebertfest Film Festival Over the Years

The 2024 Chicago Palestine Film Festival Highlights

A Hollywood Noir Starring 'Seven Psychopaths' (Or So)

Watch Clips

Log in or sign up for Rotten Tomatoes

Email not verified

Sign up for the Rotten Tomatoes newsletter to get weekly updates on:

Movies / TV

Seven Psychopaths Reviews

Screen Rant

Seven Psychopaths – review

More on this story

Sam Rockwell – last of the goofballs

Seven Psychopaths: 'You can't kill dogs in Hollywood'

Christopher Walken: 'No matter who I play, it's me'

Seven Psychopaths: watch an exclusive clip - video

Christopher Walken on A Late Quartet: 'I'm the dad' - video

Seven Psychopaths Review

Related Articles

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Did You Know?

Photo & Video

Related Items

Recently Viewed

Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths (2012)

'Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths (2012)' have 7 comments

Movie Review: ‘Seven Psychopaths’

RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR

Or browse by category:

Common Sense Selections for Movies

50 Modern Movies All Kids Should Watch Before They're 12

Best Kids' Shows on Disney+

Best Kids' TV Shows on Netflix

8 Tips for Getting Kids Hooked on Books

50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12

Common Sense Selections for Games

Nintendo Switch Games for Family Fun

Common Sense Selections for Podcasts

Parents' Guide to Podcasts

Social Networking for Teens

Gun-Free Action Game Apps

Reviews for AI Apps and Tools

Parents' Ultimate Guide to YouTube Kids

YouTube Kids Channels for Gamers

Explaining the News to Our Kids

Celebrating Black History Month

Movies and TV Shows with Arab Leads

Celebrate Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary

A Lot or a Little?

Positive Messages

Positive Role Models

Violence & Scariness

Sex, Romance & Nudity

Products & Purchases

Parents Need to Know

Where to Watch

Community Reviews

Too sexual to watch, I wouldn't watch or let my kids watch either

Is It Any Good?

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Movie Details

Did we miss something on diversity?

Suggest an Update

The Big Lebowski

Thriller Movies

Seven Psychopaths | Review