Seven Psychopaths Review 2012
A very innovative movie, Seven Psychopaths features some great actors and takes you on a refreshing, baffling and rewarding ride to a complete movie experience.
"Seven Psychopaths" (2012) - Movie Review
Every one who aspired to be a screenwriter after seeing Tarantino splash the screen with odd discussions and cranky mishaps. There is so much obsession in writing for these sociopathic characters. The control and the powerful sarcasm to be a stand up comedian but with fear is like a drug. I know I penned my incomplete screenplay which was few pages with nothing but tough guys screaming, yelling and cursing in the most inventive way possible. Only now when I read it back, it sounds terrible. Martin McDonagh’s screenplay is not. Not in a million years.
One of the most underrated actors out there today is Sam Rockwell. He spends a lot of time on screen alongside Colin Farrell , Woody Harrellson, and Christopher Walken, yet manages to garner most of the laughs and the bulk of the interest. His character is the richest, to be fair.
But the movie is refreshing because you get a movie about the writing of a movie. There seems to grow, as the films moves on, a correlation between what the dialogue suggests could or would happen, as well as what the characters might be like, and what actually happens!
What often makes a good movie a great movie is that the director conditions you very early on not to try and guess what is going to happen. “SP” is unpredictable and while the title implies violence, you realize that the screenplay author has his own reservations about violence–and this actually works to change the way the violence is interpreted.
It’s a gem and a pleasant surprise. I only had to see that Rockwell was in it to want to see it–he is going to break out even more as he is increasingly recognized as a talent. Walken fans won’t be disappointed either. Woody H. is right on target with his psychopath. Farrell delivered his character on the mark.