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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

Yorgos Lanthimos

Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy ...

6.6

19,780

Thriller. Drama It tells the story of a surgeon (Colin Farrell) who forms a familial bond with a teenage boy (Barry Keoghan). When the boy’s behavior turns sinister, he’s forced to make a sacrifice.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"This is an art film, after all, and though Lanthimos is within his rights to challenge and provoke, his seemingly cold-hearted approach to an impossible conundrum makes for an undeniably tough sit."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A deranged-stalker flick with a thrilling, almost Kubrickian level of coldness and precision"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The scariest movie of his life (...) Lanthimos will never fully reconcile the tension between logic and emotion, but here (...) he arrives at a satisfying conclusion that explains both absolutely everything and nothing at all"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"The result is a mesmerizing thriller, a movie that asks questions with no good answers and traps us within its terrifying and bizarre situation (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kaleem Aftab The Independent	"An excellently crafted movie (...) The trouble with 'Sacred Deer' is that the characters don’t seem human enough and seem designed to serve Lanthimos’ thesis rather than the story (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"A disturbing melodrama with shades of thriller and even horror (...) Kidman’s highly ambivalent performance is one of her best in ages."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As in all his best work, Lanthimos is brilliant at summoning up a whole created world and immersing us in it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan are exceptional (...) Yorgos Lanthimos has created a film that’s unmissable with a horror that’s unshakeable (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"Lanthimos' warped vision finds an unsettling but effective home in the horror tropes explored in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'."	POS

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