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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 24 Oct 2017

A would-be blacker-than-black comedy that is so misconceived and so wretchedly executed that I have no trouble in putting it down as one of…

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By Alan Corr (65) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 18 Jul 2016

Hoult is a fine actor for sure but he's just too damn good-looking and smooth as the dark-hearted record company man…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 08 Jun 2016

Saturates itself in nihilistic excess while presenting an uncompromisingly grim portrait of the recording industry…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Jun 2016

As adapted by screenwriter John Niven from his own novel, Kill Your Friends has a decidedly been-there, killed-that feel to it…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 14 Apr 2016

Nicholas Hoult shines in this blackest of black comedies…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 08 Apr 2016

The cynical film might be more annoying than eyeopening but the soundtrack kicks, as it features groups like Blur, Oasis and Radiohead…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 06 Apr 2016

Sometimes bad behavior can be entertaining, but in this cynical story of the music industry, it's simply depressing…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 31 Mar 2016

leaves little room for emotional investment in such aggressively objectionable characters…

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By Adam Graham (720) for Detroit News (2,682) on 31 Mar 2016

Kill Your Friends goes to some ugly places, but it keeps a sturdy sense of rhythm…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 31 Mar 2016

The movie — glibly admiring of its hero's awfulness — is tone-deaf about genuine satire, assuming anything ugly (insults, nihilism, bloody…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 30 Mar 2016

Even a film that at one point uses 'Karma Police' both earnestly and sarcastically can't fully atone for times that simply scream generic nihilism…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 30 Mar 2016

Being mean and nasty is all the film has going for it, and Kill Your Friends keeps skipping back to that like a warped LP…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 30 Mar 2016

A more disagreeable collection of cynical, backstabbing, self-aggrandizing, shallow, vicious and vile specimens of humanity gathered together…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 30 Mar 2016

At least Hoult is trying to do something different, but his effort can't prop up the feature, which slowly loses focus and timing, ending up…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 29 Mar 2016

Kill Your Friends is a bleak, narcissistic thriller about slicing your way to the top, but its relentless mean-streak comes across a bit too…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 28 Mar 2016

Derivative of American Psycho but entertaining…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for Village Voice (8,525) on 28 Mar 2016

Steve's voiceover monologues and dealings with a detective investigating a murder are straight out of the Patrick Bateman playbook, but turning…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 14 Mar 2016

Kill Your Friends is based on a novel of the same name by John Niven, which on the strength of this ghastly mess I have vowed never to read…

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By Hilary A White (243) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 14 Mar 2016

For all his flexing, Hoult is ultimately insubstantial and unconvincing as a homicidal drug hoover and Machiavellian scourge…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 06 Mar 2016

This could have been a lighter picture, sort of a semi-dark Nick Hornby spin on music. That might have been less accurate, but more watchable…

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