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Kill Your Darlings

2013

John Krokidas

Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster ...

5.6

2,498

Drama. Romance An untold story of murder that brought together a young Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs at Columbia University in 1944, providing the spark that led to the birth of an entire generation – their Beat revolution.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"John Krokidas' first feature feels adventurous yet somewhat hemmed-in as it imagines a vortex of jealousy, obsession and murder that engulfed Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac in the early days of their literary revolution"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"And the Beat goes on, this time in a syncopated study that sheds light in particular on the young Allen Ginsberg."	POS
United Kingdom	Damon Wise The Guardian	"'Kill Your Darlings' may be best described as an intellectual moral maze, a story perfectly of its time and yet one that still resonates today. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"'Kill Your Darlings' is inquisitive about the movement's worth, and the genius of its characters is never assumed. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Mr. Krokidas deftly shows how the ambition to write is entangled with other impulses."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Far more coherent than last year's aimless 'On the Road' and more sharply focused than 2010's 'Howl', it centers on a youthful Ginsberg finding his nascent artistic voice. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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