krillkib This movie is on my top 10 list, the music is spot on. Sam Rockwell is just awesome

Asif Khan (asifahsankhan) What makes Seven Psychopaths entertaining is that it does not take itself seriously in any way, and once you make your peace with that, you will definitely enjoy the film much more. Perfectly blending humour and violence.At its core, this violent crime comedy is about friendship. Marty (Colin Farrell), with a drinking problem, and Billy (Sam Rockwell and by the way this movie ends his way), drive each other crazy throughout most of the film and are complete opposites but they really do love each other like brothers. Hans (Christopher Walken), although a little weird, fits right in and the three of them bond over Marty's script, which they all take very seriously, despite the fact that an enraged gangster Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson) is hunting them down.However, this crime comedy is not all about one-liners and outrageous moments. Those opting for a more dramatic cinematic experience will appreciate the story-telling ability of Martin McDonagh and how beautifully captivating the stories of The Quaker, The Viet Cong and The Serial Killer Killers are. These powerful stories all tell tales of revenge and retribution. It is good to sometimes put the humour aside for a moment and make your audience feel and resonate with psychopathic killers who are ultimately human.While Seven Psychopaths is not as serious as The Godfather it is definitely entertaining. The dialogue is very well-written and all the actors pull out top performances, even Tom Waits as Zachariah the creepy bunny guy. Those who enjoy crime comedies with lots of witty dialogue and gruesome violence will really enjoy this film.

TheLittleSongbird With such a talented cast and being so impressed by 2008's 'In Bruges' and the recent 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', hopes were high for 'Seven Psychopaths' despite its severely wanting marketing. A large part of me really enjoyed it on the whole, but there are a few misses and part of me was disappointed. It is director Martin McDonagh's weakest film of the three feature films he directed, but that is comparing it to 'In Bruges' and 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' and that it is still good if patchy is testament to how good (if also divisive and imperfect) those films are. It is very easy to see why people would be underwhelmed by 'Seven Psychopaths', not just for its unevenness but LAO for its unsubtle, very violent, very foul-mouthed nature and lack of political correctness, just as much as it is easy to see why others will enjoy it. 'Seven Psychopaths' has a good deal to like. It's very gritty and stylish visually, with the editing succinct and not choppy, perfect for the genre and what it's lampooning and challenging. The soundtrack is both catchy and atmospheric and McDonagh's direction is consistently assured. Much of the script hits more than it misses. Although lacking in the emotion of 'In Bruges' and especially 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri', the dark comedy often ranges from very funny to hilarious and there is also moral complexity, very clever and razor sharp wit, lampooning, lambasting and subversion of all the genre clichés and how the script should play out. The violence is unsettling but not too gratuitous and the story is deliberate yet gripping. There are memorable scenes, especially Sam Rockwell's dream shoot-out scene, a comedic delight if there ever was one. Regarding the performances, Rockwell is great fun, and seems to be having a whale of a time, and Christopher Walken oozes charisma. Woody Harrelson is also great. There are drawbacks here in 'Seven Psychopaths'. There are patchy parts in the script, where the wit slackens and the writing becomes too conventional and even for what it's poking fun at (the genre clichés) it does get too clichéd.Especially misfiring is how the female roles are written, although intended to mock how they're written and used is not very tasteful (can sort of see where the misogyny complaints come from) and they are so under-utilised that it gives the female cast very little to do.Colin Farrell is nowhere near as good as he was in 'In Bruges'. The character is very bland and uninteresting, and Farrell just doesn't have the charisma of Walken, the likeability of Harrelson or the comic timing of Rockwell to pull the character off or make much of him. The ending is both contrived and abrupt, very true of McDonagh's other two films as well and indicative that ideas had run out.Overall, good and enjoyable but uneven. 6.5/10 Bethany Cox

freemantle_uk Seven Psychopaths was Martin McDonagh's big follow-up to his dark comedy hit In Bruges and was placed on the Blacklist of best unproduced screenplays in 2006.Marty (Colin Farrell) is a struggling screenwriter in Hollywood who unintentionally gets involved in a the Los Angeles criminal underworld when his roommate, Billy (Sam Rockwell) kidnaps the beloved dog of Charlie (Woody Harrelson), a violent gangster.Seven Psychopaths had a lot of talent involved: McDonagh was able to recruit an all-star cast that featured Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken in the main roles and well known actors like Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pitt in minor ones. That alone is enough to drawn in film fans and they all have excellent chemistry together. Many of them have excellent comedic timing. It was obvious the actors wanted to work with McDonagh because many of them only had one or two scenes in the film.McDonagh is a skilled wordsmith and Seven Psychopaths' best feature is its dialogue. Combined with the acting Seven Psychopaths has a zip and the banter naturally hilarious. McDonagh is a master at the dark comedy genre and he knows how to make it funny: something other filmmakers forget.Seven Psychopaths has a plot and a style that's similar to the films of Quentin Tarantino, Shane Black and to a lesser extent Guy Ritchie. It matches the tones, quick dialogue and comedy as well as the crime setting and ultra violence. Yet the big weakness of the film is its desire to be meta and self-referential due to Marty's profession. It does learn to fine scenes of violence and action but it does not serve a purpose to the main story. It's a piece of writer self-indolent.Seven Psychopaths is an entertaining crime comedy that fans of Tarantino and Shane Black will enjoy but it does match the heights of In Bruges