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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 20 Sep 2012

The film, shot in wrecked New Orleans, looks great, the killings are lovingly worked, the desperation undeviating…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 20 Sep 2012

There are a few stumbles along the way but with Brad Pitt and the cast in such fine form it is still a pretty memorable ride…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Mark Adams (368) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 19 Sep 2012

Brad Pitt is terrific in this super-stylish crime drama that relishes its brutal mob storyline, inner-city locations and oddball characters…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 19 Sep 2012

The film increasingly resembles Hamlet in cockle-headed collision with The Sopranos…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 19 Sep 2012

Dominik ... has not only crafted a first-rate gangster noir but reached out to coldly lampoon the morality-free world of Wall Street economics…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 18 Sep 2012

Impressively directed and superbly written, this is a highly entertaining, pleasingly literate thriller with terrific performances from a note-perfect…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By Alison Jones (12) for Birmingham Post (543) on 18 Sep 2012

Hopefully it will be the start of enduring partnership because [Dominik] could be Scorsese to Pitt's De Niro/DiCaprio, Soderbergh to his Clooney…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By John Bleasdale (289) for Electric Sheep (203) on 18 Sep 2012

The film places us in a world of creeping failure, a country in irredeemable decline, a country where even the criminal fraternity lack energy,…

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By Damon Wise (265) for Empire (3,446) on 16 Sep 2012

A good, efficient crime thriller, let down by clunky social commentary but lifted by excellent performances, including perhaps Brad Pitt's…

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By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Sep 2012

Uncompromising and uncommercial, divisive and brave, Killing Them Softly bitterly boils at the state of the nation…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 02 Sep 2012

This is an unrepentantly cynical take on the hope-and-change promised to the US in 2008; this year's election race makes it look even bleaker,…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 Sep 2012

The film is terribly smart in every respect, with ne'er-a-false note performances and superb craft work from top to bottom…

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By Jon Frosch (191) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 29 May 2012

Dominik's frontal critique of US-style capitalism may be facile, but it gives the movie a bristling anger and a more lasting burn than other…

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By Kimberly Gadette (432) for Doddle (184) on 28 May 2012

Though the references to the unstable '08 economy are a bit heavy-handed, the film's smart script and unique characters about hit men having…

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By Gail Tolley (36) for The List (2,018) on 23 May 2012

The film's reference to contemporary politics and the economic downturn gives it a unique and thought-provoking edge…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 23 May 2012

Killing Them Softly possesses a modicum of swagger and style, even as it perpetuates some of the crime genre's more tedious cliches, from slow-motion…

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By Jonathan Crocker (102) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 22 May 2012

Tough, stylish, violent and studded with stars – but like so many of its American gangsters, Killing Them Softly doesn't quite get the job done…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 22 May 2012

In its own miasmatic way, the film is arresting and original…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 22 May 2012

Killing Them Softly has the rigor and poise of the great American crime pictures of the 1970s…

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By Simon Gallagher (50) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 22 May 2012

Killing Them Softly is an artfully crafted, occasionally very funny satire dressed up in tough-guy leathers and packing a knuckle duster punch…

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