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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017
7 / 10
A devious teen starts to insinuate himself into the life of a renowned surgeon and his family.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer is definitely a film that will stick with me, but not in a feel-good way. The movie is dark, strange, and unsettling. I'm a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos's other work, and this one fits right in. It's a slow burn, with an almost deadpan...
This is my first Yorgos Lanthimos film and it's also a film I would probably never want to rewatch. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is about Steven, a surgeon, whose family and life takes a turn for the worst after he befriends a teenager named Martin. This fil...
This poorly written and badly directed movie from Oscar nominee (for "The Favourite") Yorgos Lanthimos is yet another Emperor's New Clothes example of bad contemporary cinema. You can fool some of the people some of the time... As often is the case during a b...
This is definitely not one for everyone and that's okay, sure, but to assign it a 1-star or 2-star rating as some have done, is just ridiculous, especially when the disconnect certainly is on the side of the viewer. In fact, those who deemed the acting 'bad' (...
What a strange filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is. Had I not already seen "The Lobster" (2015) (and have since seen two of his earlier Greek productions), I probably would've been completely taken aback by this one, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." Like its predeces...
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