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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 21 Jul 2012

It thrills in seeing dumb people getting their due in hyper-stylized displays of violence, and yet it never feels contemptuous of them…

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By Simon Foster (434) for Screen-Space (209) on 20 Jul 2012

Even when McConnaughey is not onscreen, it is a cracking piece of character-driven entertainment; when he is, it something greater again…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Jul 2012

The family that slays together pays together in Killer Joe, a nasty little Texas noir that transfers Tracy Letts' 1993 play from page to screen…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 17 Jul 2012

It is up to McConaughey's crooked cop to carry the picture: a sleek, loungingly casual loner whose hunger for violence, like his hunger for…

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By Heather Wixson (312) for Dread Central (388) on 06 Jul 2012

It's a bold, weirdly charming and violent look at the modern family unit that makes for one of the most thought-provoking cinematic endeavors…

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By Charlie Lyne (195) for Ultra Culture (187) on 05 Jul 2012

To pick out any one transgression in Killer Joe is to minimise its overall achievement in crafting one of the least affable movies in recent memory…

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By Jason Solomons (101) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 30 Jun 2012

It revels in evil and lacks any sprightliness that might have redeemed its twisted characters, all of whom are loathsome and stupid…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 28 Jun 2012

Matthew McConaughey steals the show with a ferocious, transformative performance worthy of awards attention, and Friedkin restores his stature…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 28 Jun 2012

If you've always longed to see a version of Double Indemnity played out by in-bred, under-educated psychopaths, then your time has finally come…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Radio Times (2,421) on 28 Jun 2012

Friedkin remains an expert technician to this day, but it's difficult to understand his enthusiasm for this seemingly juvenile exercise in…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 28 Jun 2012

We get an effective combination of raw, in-your-face direction - Friedkin has a two takes only rule - and a finely honed script…

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By Alex Zane (472) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 28 Jun 2012

It's a joy to see rom-com star McConaughey slip into the role of an amoral sociopath with such ease…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 28 Jun 2012

The different characters' motivations are sucked into a vacuum which is only punctuated by moments of extreme and quite abhorrent violence…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for MovieScope (12) on 28 Jun 2012

This bucket of southern gothic is a Coen-esque caper of small-town double-crosses that starts off trailer-trash tawdry, before steadily gearing…

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By Jason Best (961) for Movie Talk (957) on 28 Jun 2012

Lurid and nasty, William Friedkin's pulp noir thriller Killer Joe is compelling and repellent in equal doses…

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By Greg Klymkiw (20) for Electric Sheep (203) on 27 Jun 2012

This, my friends, is the kind of movie they don't make anymore…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 27 Jun 2012

Lovely to see Friedkin on such mischievous form and McConaughey finally revealing his dark side…

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By Emma Dibdin (195) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 26 Jun 2012

Killer Joe is emphatically not to everyone's taste, but it is among the purest cinematic experiences you'll have this year…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 26 Jun 2012

The powerful vein of black humour that runs through it never renders the violence gratuitous while the characters are a rich mix of venality,…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 Jun 2012

Family dysfunction to make Jeremy Kyle blush, but thanks to McConaughey's oily power and Friedkin's unflinching purpose it's a compelling beast…

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