The Killing of a Sacred Deer

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  • 2017


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Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.5
Nothing primes the ventricles of a telltale heart like suffocating guilt. Av Club
3.8
This may be Lanthimos most scattered and sedate film, but its his scariest as well. Indie Wire
4.5
In regards to the plot, it would be very easy to give away more than would be ideal. We Got This Covered
3.5
And along the way, youll wonder if youre watching a classic tragedy or a comedy. Austin Chronicle
4.5
And along the way, youll wonder if youre watching a classic tragedy or a comedy. Austin Chronicle
3.0
The films first shot is a close up of a heart beating mid surgery, but theres precious little warm blood pumping through this beautifully crafted but .. Time Out
5.0
This is a ruthlessly controlled drama that achieves its powerful effect by holding back when its dramatic content is most intense. Screen Daily
4.5
This is a ruthlessly controlled drama that achieves its powerful effect by holding back when its dramatic content is most intense. Screen Daily
4.5
While there are some sporadic laughs in Lanthimos follow up to 2015s The Lobster, the end result is a piece of riveting and disturbing drama that may .. Collider
4.5
Canness competition lineup is typically light on genre fare, but at a certain point in Yorgos Lanthimoss The Killing of a Sacred Deer its abundantly c .. Vulture
4.5
His new movie is clever without ever quite deciding precisely what its about. Paste Magazine
4.4
Like the Greek myth that inspired the film, it feels powerful enough to be timeless. Rogerebert
4.8
Its tempting to call it a slow burn.Instead it feels like its slowly rotting. IGN
4.0
Indeed, both the performances and the technical aspects of the film are impressive enough to make it worth considering. E Film Critic
5.0
And that is how you know youre watching the new Yorgos Lanthimos film. Telegraph
3.0
Lobsters flat out brilliant first half ultimately redeemed that film, but Deers momentum completely relies on waiting for a payoff that ultimately rin .. The Young Folks
4.0
Take my word for it that Its compelling, weird and utterly unique and a real find for an adventurous movie fan, just dont read too much about it befor .. JoBlo
2.5
In The Killing of a Sacred Deer, theyre back together, and at the outset reasonably happy in their own kinky way. Philly
3.8
An engrossing modern variant of the doom laden tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides, exerting a hypnotic effect even as it makes you intensely uncomfo .. One Guys Opinion
3.5
I started to wonder if the director had merely written himself into a corner and was doubling down on weirdness to get himself out. And yet the film n .. Village Voice
3.8
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a grim, chilly parable about guilt, revenge and Old Testament justice..It re teams the director and star of The Lobste .. Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
The unsettling but artful movie might work for some more than others. But, whatever, it kept me glued to the screen as a shock and awe vehicle. Sover
4.2
10 1 9 / 10 Polarizing is a nice way to describe the work of writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos, who creates profoundly upsetting movies by cutting into .. Blu Ray
1.0
But Lanthimoss habitual tweaking of bourgeois values is diluted here by the familiar mechanics of the stalker plot, given a somber, arty staging and p .. Chicago Reader
3.1
Its easier to appreciate what Lanthimos is attempting to do than it is to cull from it some meaning that exists beyond the movies self contained world .. Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Lanthimoss film passes every test of cinema, perhaps, except: shall we get a sitter The Times
5.0
This is what lies beneath the surface.Its fragile, unpleasant, but also, in its own way, profoundly beautiful. The Times
3.8
The film is an audacious, unpredictable provocation that tickles my sensibilities but may offend yours. Eric Ds Nider
2.5
Tweet The Killing of a Sacred Deer Daniel Barnes By This article was published on 11.02.17 Advertisement Iconoclastic Greek director Yorgos Lanthismos .. News Review
4.0
As with Lanthimoss previous films, the most famous being his surreal black comedy The Lobster, the mystery percolates for quite some time, its off kil .. Radio Times
4.4
You could say that director Yorgos Lanthimos gives The Killing of a Sacred Deer the texture and throat clutching chill of a modern Greek tragedy. Rolling Stone
4.5
Lanthimos puts his characters into a strait jacket where there are no good decisions to be made. Decider
1.5
They put their singular spin on the kind of story that could have been told by more straightforward filmmakers who could have delivered just another s .. The Wrap
4.0
Yorgos Lanthimoss taboo horror The Killing of a Sacred Deer moves with a somnambulists certainty along its own distinctive spectrum of weird. The Guardian
3.5
Its fun to be messed with.And Lanthimos is definitely messing with us, from the first frame forward. Az Central
4.0
And if you know your Greek directors, you know that Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the new hopes of Greek cinema, a fresh breeze blowing across the Aegean .. Smh
3.0
Lanthimos is nothing if not a singular film maker and the performances are uniformly excellent. Daily Mail
3.2
Shot in the slow, hypnotic style of Stanley Kubrick and propelled by what appears to be a classic stalker thriller plot, the film is bound to enchant .. Ew
4.5
Its characters simply accepted that their inability to pair off might result in them being condemned to life as a sheep. Slate
4.0
There are shades of Hanekes Funny Games and Kubricks The Shining in this disquieting disintegration of a wealthy family man, yet it also has a twisted .. Flim List
5.0
It is a drama, a thriller, a horror and a black comedy in one jaw dropping package; so many genre and tonal elements would overwhelm most feature leng .. Film Inquiry
5.0
Theres a lot to get your teeth into here, from flawed and lying masculinity being called out to the nature of guilt and responsibility to the morality .. Empire
3.0
Susan Grangers review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer (A24) If you saw the dystopian thriller The Lobster (2015), you know that Greek writer/director .. Susang Ranger
4.0
Following Dogtooth and The Lobster, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers a brutal, skillful psychological horror movie. Common Sense Media
4.0
No punches are pulled here, this is disturbing filmmaking at its finest, complete with deliberately slow and methodical pacing that wrenches maximum t .. Flickering Myth
4.0
Do you like being psychologically disturbed and at the same time poked by wry humor while youre watching a movie Flim Threet
5.0
Maybe this is no surprise.To be in any Lanthimos movie is to be semi zombified. New Yorker
2.0
Dense with layers of biblical lore and Greek tragedy, its like a cake thats impressively tall but also unpalatably dry. Time
3.1
The characters emotional vacancy feels like another auteurist tic to which Yorgos Lanthimos is dauntlessly committed. Slant Magazine
5.0
Stevens see sawing mood swings are crucial to the films success as a mordantly funny social critique. Slant Magazine
3.8
More often, though, Sacred Deer hews closer to psychological horror than comedy, even while avoiding the cliches of both genres. Washington Post
4.0
There are times when it seems ridiculous yet you cant tear yourself away from it. Express
2.2
If Kubrick was the primary influence in the films first half, the second one owes an even bigger debt to Haneke Funny Games is practically a template. The Film Stage
3.8
At its best, the film creates an unsafe space for audiences to put it all for a couple of hours. Chicago Tribune
4.0
Its a brilliant fable that mashes up cold pragmatism with the light of magical realism, like if Michael Haneke directed a Gabriel Garcia Marquez short .. Bullz-Eye
1.9
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a feel bad movie, not that theres anything wrong with that.Our popular entertainment culture, predicated as it is on k .. Boston Globe
3.5
We never really get to know any of these characters, a Stepford family of outward appearances, cigarettes suggesting inner moral decay. Reeling Reviews
3.5
Its more like an internal debate about whether parents should like one child better than another stretched to epic, operatic proportions. Uproxx
4.0
Well then, please be upstanding for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a stalker picture that delights in deflating its hysterical generic underpinnings. The Irish Times
5.0
But there is little doubt that it is exactly as its creators intended.A potential prize winner. The Irish Times
2.5
The surreal deadpan of director Yorgos Lanthimos work takes an especially dark turn in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a sort of modernized folk tale wi .. Las Vegas Weekly
3.8
This mirrors the kernel of the movies storyline, turning the film into a cautionary tale about the consequences of hubris. ReelViews
5.0
But the impressive rigor of its craft, the skillfully subdued intensity of the acting and the startling originality of the story will make the film un .. Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Sacred Deers delightfully blunt dialogue makes it all the easier to take relish in Stevens tragic decline. The Atlantic
2.5
Again, it doesnt make a lick of logical sense in terms of the setting in which Killing of a Sacred Deer takes place, but Lanthimos picture is a precis .. Birth Movies Death
4.5
As a creepy, comical film with a baroque ending The Killing of a Sacred Deer does what it sets out to do, but that might not be enough to truly gain f .. Birth Movies Death
4.0
Keoghan is crucial to the unsettling mix. By turns inscrutable, vulnerable and ruthless, he has squished eyes and a nose that looks like its just been .. Standard
5.0
Welcome back to the world of Yorgos Lanthimos a bit like Garth Marenghis Darkplace, except genuinely nasty. Standard
1.8
An unsatisfying movie with a good cast is nonetheless a disappointing experience. Coles Mithey
1.0
This is due not only to the soundtrack, with its shuddering violins and its mighty choral blasts of Schubert, Bach and Ligeti, but also to the flat, s .. Los Angeles Times
3.8
Its comedy transformed into drama transformed into social commentary transformed into full blown psychological horror, all of it heading down a grueso .. Movie Freak
3.8
Lanthimos style is sure to infuriate some viewers, but thats the point. Detroit News
3.5
The relentless strangeness of the production casts a hypnotic spell that rents a room in your mind, and keeps renovating it without your permission. Herald Sun
2.5
Its apparent, at least, that the movie never quite becomes the complete exercise in tedium one mightve anticipated, with Lanthimos admittedly stirring .. Reel Film
3.8
The Killing of a Sacred Deer takes strange and unexpected turns along the way, and some of them are brutal, and a few of them are shocking. But that s .. Nj
3.5
But its deliciously frightening, a cautionary tale for the careless and a horror film that posits a world devoid of any real goodness. Vox
4.0
But these tricks have been toned down since Lobster, leaving the viewer teetering between a straightforward thriller and an absurdist surreal drama.La .. Hey U Guys
3.8
Combining gritty realism with poignancy, the result is a film that is exceptionally moving. The Star
4.5
A film of clean hands, cold heart, and near Satanic horror, it was garlanded with boos at its Cannes press screening and it is absolutely fucking bril .. The Play List
4.0
Essential to maintaining the powerful atmospherics is the superb cast, which includes Nicole Kidman as the surgeons unsuspecting wife. Now Toronto
5.0
The screenplay is sure footed and inspired as it carefully builds the scenario, adding little bricks at a time like a grim Lego project.But it could n .. Urban Cine File
3.0
This is an extremely strange and unsettling film which is not to say that its consistently good. Film Ink
4.0
Alicia Silverstone pops up in a wildly funny cameo as Martins mother, but the uneasy humour soon gives way to utter darkness as Lanthimos reworks the .. The Age
4.0
First is its comedic potential, best enjoyed in Farrells buttoned down performance, but evident throughout the entire cast. Cine Vue
2.8
Yorgos Lanthimos serves revenge colder than some viewers will accept in The Killing of a Sacred Deer (R), a thriller taking its sweet time doing nasty .. Tamp A Bay
4.0
In many ways yes and in some no. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a film that will divide audiences.All should agree, however, that they felt the chill .. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.0
You end up slightly awestruck at the imaginative confidence behind this film. Lw Lies
1.0
The Killing of a Sacred Deer initially presents itself as a sleek horror riff on the Greek directors usual social themes, but all is lost midway throu .. Lw Lies
4.5
But at times it lacks an appreciation of the grey zones of adulthood. Abc
4.0
The films allegorical ambitions are grand, even if attempts to assign specific meaning is likely to cause madness. Nz Herald
4.5
The surreal hilarity of Lanthimoss last film, The Lobster, is totally absent here; Sacred Deer is, in the moment, an unpleasant experience.But as the .. The Stranger
4.5
The ethical themes make The Killing of a Sacred Deer a riveting movie, and by juxtaposing each characters flaws against their redeeming qualities, the .. Cleve Land
5.0
Time and again you find yourself laughing out loud at something then wondering whether or not you should have. Independent Ie
5.0
At once almost surgically precise and gleefully messy, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is certainly not a film you can easily forget and nor should you w .. Stuff
4.5
But its also beautifully shot, the awkward is (thankfully) different from Toni Erdmann awkward, and all the performances are terrific. Stuff
4.0
In the end, the message might be a little unclear, but its a rare film that has the power to leave our heads spinning. Contact Music
2.5
The movie is such a harrowing experience you could almost accuse it of cinematic malpractice. Larsen On Film
4.5
There are a few tears here and there, some bursts of bracing anger, but Sacred Deer is largely an emotional void. Vanity Fair
4.0
And for the first time Lanthimos applies his distinctive voice to what can more clearly be regarded as a genre piece a psychological thriller that com .. The Arts Desk
3.5
It will either blow your mind or make you want to blow your brains out. Patriot Ledger
3.0
Tragedy wins out over comedy, and the last half hour of Sacred Deer descends into the pits of misery porn hell. Film
4.0
A film that reinforces just what a distinct voice Lanthimos is, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a twisted and perverse parlour game that shocks and su .. Scmp
3.8
The Killing of a Sacred Deer never hedges its bets, never takes its foot off the gas. Chicago Sun Times
4.9
Seen as a horror film, it has slow burning, psychological horror. Nyc Movie Guru
4.0
But what is truly savage is the surgical precision that revenge can be exacted and weaknesses preyed upon. Punch Drunk Critics
2.0
But viewers are unlikely to feel fear, empathy, or other attendant emotions in a tale so determinedly drained of sense and sensibility. Straight
4.5
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the guilty heart surgeon family paralysis movie of the year.Im not saying its the best guilty heart surgeon family par .. We Live Entertainment
4.5
The film unfurls on its own terms, commercial prospects be damned, offering arthouse audiences the kind of nerve fraying thrills often reserved for mu .. Cinemix Tape
4.5
This film examines the silence between sentences, and it has a moral clarity to it that for some may be a brutal truth.The world of The Killing of a S .. ComingSoon
4.2
The years most exciting entry to date flawlessly mixes Hitchcockian thrills with the supernatural as a doctor, a man who plays God, is harmed by a dia .. Shockya
4.0
Whatever, but it is an image that is both absurd and disturbing, neatly summing up the films nightmarish power. Straits Times
4.5
Lanthimos creates worlds in his movies that just beg to be toppled over like towers of Jenga blocks: It all feels so precarious.Indeed, the movie is a .. The Ringer
4.5
It has the makings of a psychological thriller except, of course, for genuine psychology and thrills. Film Comment
4.5
Prepare to experience a low level sense of anxiety for hours afterwards. Bitly
5.0
Beautifully shot by Thimios Bakatakis, with a domineering score, The Killing of a Sacred Deer delivers high tension, eerie and unsettling cinema: youl .. The Skinny
3.3
Theres nothing inherently wrong with ambiguous endings or obscure motivations in art, but films ultimate moral question seems to suggest a purpose tha .. Under The Radar Mag
4.0
This year has seen something of a renaissance in the horror genre, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer may be the most impressive of the lot. The Daily Beast
4.0
The aggressive style clearly couldnt be kept up; an hour was already quite exhausting enough. Alternate Ending
5.0
Nothing has been compromised, not that his latest is a particularly mainstream work.The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, too, will likely face accusations of .. Scifi Now
4.5
I cant promise you will like The Killing of a Sacred Deer, but you will definitely have an opinion about it. Lainey Gossip
3.8
Sacred Deer is far from a standard psycho revenge yarn, and its serrated edge is nothing like even the nominal art films youre likely to see. Guide Live
3.8
A final twist could have elevated this to giddy heights as it stands, the film flatlines at the very end. Clclt
4.2
Reward comes within the fabric, while unraveling a film can cause it to fall apart in the case of Lanthimos work, picking details apart only makes it .. Fresh Fiction
3.5
Every twist the plot takes is dark and absurd; some could make viewers gasp in horror and laugh at once. Seven Day Svt
4.5
Faced with that reality, the audience can do little more than laugh.Thankfully, the cast couldnt be better suited to guiding viewers through this uniq .. Concrete Play Ground
1.5
From the ancients to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Greek mythology has long influenced storytellers and creators.Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos pay .. National Post
1.5
The supernatural element short circuits Lanthimoss pretensions of tragedy, and after its electrifying first hour, Killing loses it spark and narrows t .. New Republic
5.0
If The Killing still feels at times like a black comedy executed with a ruthless poker face, it is nevertheless earnest in its intent to unsettle. Bfi
4.5
As a director, he says: I never give directions to the actors to be funny or dramatic.A lot of it is there in the script. Original Cin
5.0
At once a horror, a comedy, a thriller and a family drama, it will have you transfixed from beginning to end. The National
3.5
So Sacred Deer winds up being a horror film without a satisfying payoff, a morality play without a lesson, a comedy with maybe four laughs. National Review
5.0
Eerie gliding camerawork, warmly tasteful lighting and a uniformly affectless acting style conspire to prevent us noticing how steeply the stakes have .. New States Man
4.5
It will be a performance to remember long after the film leaves theaters. Cultured Vultures
5.0
Its not for everyone, but his direction is so wildly confident, its one of the best experiences Ive had at the movies this year. Columbus Alive
3.5
Unnerving and challenging on many levels, the latest offering from Greek writer director, Yargos Lanthimos is definitely not an easy film to embrace. Cairo 360
4.5
Steeped in Greek mythology with extremely impassive humor, Sacred Deer is definitely unique but its substance is often too insurmountable to be access .. Culture
3.5
Like in Hanekes Funny Games, the more grotesque and provocative Deer becomes, the less interesting it becomes and the more it feels like a clinical ex .. Vulture
4.5
This film does not work as an intellectual exercise, or an experimental genre film. Washington City Paper
5.0
Though hideously watchable, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is not for the faint of heart. Spectator
4.5
Honing techniques inspired by Stanley Kubrick, combined with a story that would seem to be inspired by Michael Haneke, Lanthimos twists his absurdity .. Screen Anarchy
5.0
Trace called it the most unsettling film of the year out of Fantastic Fest this past September. Bloody Disgusting
3.5
But its a gentle critique, peopled with eccentric but likeable characters, those who have the warmth and the humanity to redeem themselves. The Hindu
4.5
They couldnt have pulled it off without uniformly strong performances theres not a weak link in the cast. News
3.0
Although by this point its hard to care about any of the characters in the slightest.Pretentious enough to include a reference to Greek mythology in i .. Adelaide Review
3.0
This is a clever and funny way of parodying and subverting corny family bonding scenes one might find in far more conventional American movies. Impulse Gamer
1.5
Kidman manages to be a credible denizen of Lanthimoss strangely concocted world. Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
3.1
Its the kind of movie that you watch with two simultaneous emotions: fascination, and the desire to leave immediately. Seattle Times
2.5
Whether the payoff is worth two hours of morbid theatrics and bludgeoning symbolism is open to debatethat said, if Lanthimos has sacrificed a bit of h .. Cinema Scope
5.0
Part horror, part thriller and part morality play, the justice system in the world of Killing of a Sacred Deer terrifyingly holds a mirror to our own, .. Gulf News
3.1
The Greek gods didnt mess around.Thats why The Killing of a Sacred Deer has just about the worst title of the movie year. Buffalo News
4.5
But its a nervy work, exhilarating in its refusal to be more accommodating. Pgh City Paper
2.0
Yorgos Lanthimoss The Killing of a Sacred Deer has a well worn premise and the director doesnt do much original with it. Daily News
4.5
But this isLanthimos most, for lack of a better word, commercial film. At Home In Hollywood
2.0
The fear and suspense keep you guessing, hair raisingly, and all performances are invested with conviction. Bangkok Post
4.5
As Steven deadpans about Martin, Yes, he is funny. I feel the same way about Yorgos Lanthimos. I often use the same delivery. Student Edge
3.2
Mary Queen of Scots C The House That Jack Built B Welcome to Marwen D On the Basis of Sex D Director Morgan Neville Talks His New Orson Welles Doc & W .. Worldo Free L
4.4
For the audience, its pretty easy to disengage, or to largely regard the film as entertainment. 812 Film Reviews
4.4
Martin is sweet and charming and open and honest and generous, and suspicious as hell, and Keoghan shifts from earnest to Satanic with shocking ease. M Live
1.0
Of the four films, The Lobster is the outlier for its comparatively open humor. Daily Public
4.5
Everythings hunky dory despite an eerie if not disturbing sedateness that pervades. Wbur
5.0
All published materials contained herein are owned by their respective authors and cannot be reprinted, either in their entirety or in selection, with .. The Cinema Phile Blog
4.0
Of course, you can easily opt out at any time, but were confident that you wont. I News
1.0
The Killing of a Sacred Deer Destructive families, poisonous children, embarrassing sexual experiences: These are the warped themes of Yorgos Lanthimo .. Sd City Beat
4.0
This film is a gripping, challenging psychological horror, shot in Lanthimoss unique style, and not to be missed. Dogandwolf
4.5
It is fantastical and darkly absurd, an uncomfortably hilarious and thoughtful look at relationships and the sacrifice one makes under impossible circ .. Cinemacy
3.8
The Globes guide to TIFF 2017 movies We watched them and rated them, now you can read all about them which films to catch later, which ones to avoid a .. The Globe And Mail
1.5
The climax is chilling.It remains to be seen whether a general audience will see it that way. Austin 360
2.5
And yet even this ends up feeling wasted thanks to an aftermath thats just as empty.Empty not in substance, but execution. Buffalovibe
3.5
If you liked The Lobster, The Killing of the Sacred Deer will deliver a wonderful new serving of this black humour. Rescu
4.5
The results are intense and disquieting, rippled with moments of tar black humour: this is bracingly bold filmmaking, easily one of the years most com .. Big Issue
4.5
Leave it to Lanthimos to make world shattering family trauma grimly comical. Riot Material
4.5
Though the structure of the narrative is a familiar one, this is a modern Greek tragedy at its finest. Sassymamainla
1.5
Its odd then that even as the film reaches its inevitable point of chaos where its theoretically bleak and indifferent and amusing in all the ways it .. The Monthly
4.5
Derived from the myth of Agamemnon and Iphigenia, and unfolding as a psychological horror thriller, Secret Deer is as stylish, cold, and sardonically .. The Culture Trip
2.0
What erupts is an absurd meditation on family politics, one that flips on its head the normative parent child relationship.Riddled with sharp lashes o .. Silver Screen Riot
3.0
But The Killing of a Sacred Deer is without its predecessors occult power. Australian Book Review
4.5
Without revealing any details, Sacred Deer ups the ante on the cruelty quotient. Ww2 Kqed
3.5
Its a psychological horror film with many twists and turns, a dark and twisted ride that is absolutely fascinating. Bowling Green Daily News
4.5
Few things are as dark and pure and at once foggy and lucid as dreams.The Killing of a Sacred Deer feels that way; it has that same neurotic potency. Neighbour Hood Paper
3.5
Whereas oddball, deadpan humour makes sense in Britain, moved across the Atlantic, the filmmakers detached style feels increasingly alien. The Digital Fix Film
4.5
Thimios Bakatakis cinematography is exquisite and despite the horror permeating every facet of the movie, its gorgeous to behold. The Movie Sleuth
4.5
Im almost inclined to write off The Killing of a Sacred Deer as a failed attempt to reconstitute the meaning of tragedy, a very ambitious but ultimate .. Suddenly A Shot rang Out
3.0
It is a genre defying film with a sharp, black comedy script at its heart. FOPP



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