From master filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection), a Texan crime-thriller starring Matthew McConaughey as a hitman hired to kill...
From master filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection), a Texan crime-thriller starring Matthew McConaughey as a hitman hired to kill his client's own mother for a life insurance windfall.
When Chris (Emile Hirsch, The Darkest Hour) has his stash stolen by his mother, he needs a way to pay the higher-ups $6,000 before they send him to an early grave. In both an act of revenge and desperation, he hires 'Killer Joe' (McConaughey), a full-time cop and recreational gun-for-hire, to put a bullet in his mother and claim the $50,000 insurance. However, Joe isn't cheap. Demanding a promise of payment, he forces Chris to put his sister Dottie (Juno Temple, The Three Musketeers), to whom Joe's taken a disturbing shine, up for collateral.
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80 %168 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
61 %80,389 reviewsAudience score rating
"Twistier than an East Texas back road."
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The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail"Killer Joe will both infuriate and impress, but when it impresses there is nothing quite like it."
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We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered"Killer Joe is trash. Not bad trash. Not pretentious trash. Just plain old ugly, funny, and sophisticated trash."
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Film School Rejects
Film School Rejects"A likeably unpleasant slice of adults-only Texas noir, which aims at the funnybone as much as the jugular..."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Thanks to McConaughey's oily power and Friedkin's unflinching purpose it's a compelling beast."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Lovely to see Friedkin on such mischievous form and McConaughey finally revealing his dark side."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A gruesome, brutally violent and queasy trailer-park nightmare..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Throughout, the actors grippingly and fearlessly delight in etching their characters’ incompatible agendas."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Friedkin has crafted another enjoyable slice of frenzied pulp minimalism."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Friedkin’s pedal-to-the-metal approach to genre filmmaking... gives Killer Joe the energy and breakneck pace Letts’ work demands."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"Lurches from realism to corn-pone absurdism and exploitation-cinema surrealism."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Matthew McConaughey is on fire in Killer Joe, fierce and ferociously funny."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Friedkin makes no attempt to soften the characters' monstrousness, and thank hell for that."
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Vulture
Vulture"Killer Joe is one hell of a movie. It left me speechless. I can't say I loved it. I can't say I hated it."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertKiller Joe | Details
Award winner- Winner of the Mouse d'Oro at Venice Film Festival 2012.
- Rating
- R18+, for graphic disturbing content involving violence and sexuality, and a scene of brutality
- Runtime
- 103
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
