my nigga totoro
30Dec11
well, the soul is a shallow concept; everything is meaningless; and if you found the film nauseating i suggest never looking into the actions of the human race in general.
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Paul Cutts
30Apr12
This seems to say an awful lot more about Winterbottom and not much about the characters.
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roger o. thornhill
18Mar12
favorite line: a weed is a plant out of place. i find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it's a weed. i find it in my yard, and it's a flower. you're in my yard. a very memorable film. the soundtrack is eclectic and interesting, particularly the western swing styled "shame on you". overall a very strong cast with great performances all around. affleck 's depiction of the psychotic killer is particularly stunning. not for the faint of heart as there are several graphic depictions of violence (aimed most glaringly at women) but still a film i strongly recommend.
Michael Harbour
16Jan12
A film about the killer next door which never delves deeply into why he is that way (although there are a few brief flashbacks which give a glimpse of how he may have gotten started down that track) and may be more effective because of that. The film is remarkable for Affleck's quietly riveting performance, the able support of a first rate cast, and the unflinching honesty and brutality of the violence portrayed.
Daniel S.
25Sep11
The sole cinematogratographic elements of Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me were Joyce and Amy's extremely violent beatings but that was about all. The rest was a psychological description of Lou Ford's behaviour (Did you notice Freud's books in Lou's library?). According to me, the director by using flashback sequences, an off-screen voice and static shots of Affleck's face missed the point. Already forgotten.
Michael Gildea
18Aug11
The performances in The Killer Inside Me are better (namely Casey Affleck) than the hole-ridden story and character development. The violence was astonishingly brutal to the point where I actually sympathized with the normally loathsome Kate Hudson. This movie's nothing mindblowing but its kind of a pleasant surprise if you don't expect too much.
Risya
14Jul11
A difficult movie to watch because it's disturbing and most of it from the violence of women being abused although the violence isn't made very actual and was captured in stylish graphics but it's still horrid in a way that most screen violence never is. There's really nothing else about it, it's all about violence with repeated scenes making it almost like a male-porn. I don't even know what's the purpose of it?.
Lemmycaution
29May11
This extremely violent film (some scenes really make you want to puke) has good aspects (great cinematography, actors, reconstitutions, portrayal of complex characters) and bad aspects (too much video clips in it, with a nice music and nice pictures and a very bizarre ending). Appart from that, it's not a bad film and not a masterpiece even
Ángel Ponce Cabrera
26May11
Some scenes were indeed pretty difficult to watch. But in the end I think Affleck did a good job portraying a that sick bastard. The movie was entertaining. And although the ending might of have been a bit over the top, all in all it was well made.
Singha Song
9May11
Holy shit, it made me feel physically sick to witness the uncompromising portrayal of the beating. However, I felt that Casey's acting was astonishing. The sick, twisted personality he was playing got me thinking of comparisons to Patrick Bateman-esque. But I still felt it was lacking in a certain substance, yielding no real depth.
Gylfi Reynisson
11Mar11
I felt it was a pretty bad film but it had some memorable moments. I was really expecting something more than this. Maybe I should read the book and see what I think then.
ARGIL
28Jan11
What I liked: Casey Affleck's cheerful "clean-cut-good-american-boy" first person narration and the 50's pop soundtrack contrasting with the grisly events portrayed onscreen. Similar in tone to "The Girl Next Door". The 1950's in the US...a weird and schizo decade (if its cinematic depictions are anything like the real thing--hope not)
Publius
3Jan11
The violence was appropriately repulsive, as it should have been, and this did not bother me (it was roughly as explicit as Irreversible) but it was the questionable portrayal of women particularly in the second half of the film which bothered me. It occasionally shows signs of greatness and it feels raw and exposed. The acting is great though, Casey Affleck appropriately detestable, and the women in pain, pitiful.
Walter Gross
13Dec10
it had potential...the sickness and amoral behavior was appropriate for the film. what ruined it for me was the crappy CGI explosion and a lack of solid pacing.
comeandsee
7Dec10
michael winterbottom might be a great auteur, but this is a real bum note. there is a pervasive sense of misogyny running through the entire film. even beyond the obvious physical violence and explicity, there is a real uneasy moral violence too. fine, notable performances from kate hudson and simon baker cannot save this film from being a morally suspect failure.
Edward Copeland
3Dec10
Casey Affleck leads a solid ensemble in this faithful adaptation of the classic Jim Thompson novel. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2010/12/spending-time-in-psychopaths-head.html