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Killer Joe
Released: 29/06/2012
General release
Can The Exorcist director William Friedkin finally help shed Matthew McConaughey of his below-par romcom ties? Possibly, as the actor becomes hit man as well as leading man. Being hired to off a drug dealer's mother after she steals her son's stash, and winning said dealer's sibling (played by British talent Juno Temple) as a reward, may help us forget Sahara forever.
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60%
The Independent“A vinegary Southern-fried Gothic...” Adapted from his own play by Tracy Letts, the film twists itself into fine knots of sump-black comedy. If young Juno doesn't get to play Blanche DuBois at least once in her career then some theatre producer will have failed her badly...
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70 %
Little White Lies“Lovely to see Friedkin on such mischievous form...” With Killer Joe, William Friedkin does for fried chicken what he did with pea soup in The Exorcist. Namely, to make you never want to taste, touch or even look at the stuff ever again. This is a vivacious adaptation of a play by Tracy Letts...
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60%
Empire“Tennessee Williams-on-crack family meltdown...” Family dysfunction to make Jeremy Kyle blush, but thanks to McConaughey’s oily power and Friedkin’s unflinching purpose it’s a compelling beast. Killer Joe is Texan trailer-trash neo-noir...
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70 %
Film4“It's finger lickin' good...” t's a very funny film. Just as you're on the verge of deciding the way the camera sleazes lasciviously over Juno Temple as the teenaged daughter might not be ok, Friedkin carefully drip feeds us another poisonously black but hilarious line...
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60%
The Telegraph“McConaughey has lately discovered a flair for Southern Gothic...” The positively Jacobean climax, which earns the film its 18 certificate and then some, finds an imaginative use for takeaway southern-fried chicken that is perhaps even more revolting than eating it.
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60%
Time Out“Riotously nasty trailer-park noir...” Friedkin’s direction is rough and ready, but Letts’s tangy writing is the star here. Or perhaps that distinction should go to Temple: as a guileless baby-doll turned ravenous Lolita...
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80 %
Total Film “The dirtiest black comedy you’ll see for a long time...” Friedkin’s unflinching trailer-park noir features ugly characters, game performances, degradation and the obscene abuse of a chicken drumstick. Highly recommended, then...
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80 %
Guardian“Friedkin looks like a talent as fresh as a paper cut...” The key to its brilliance is its pace and humour – it's horribly funny, and its tongue-wagging central sex scene is shocking more for its tenderness than its subversion...
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