A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Each time it appears that McDonagh, who also directed, has written himself into a cul de sac, he off-roads the movie (sometimes literally) into fresh territory.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
12 Oct 2012
fresh:
All this narrative nesting and genre-skipping sounds very cerebral on the page, but in practice, Seven Psychopaths is as pleasurably kinetic as can be, full of double-crosses and gunplay and sun-kissed SoCal locations.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
12 Oct 2012
fresh:
This is one of the best times I've had at the movies in years.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
14 Oct 2012
fresh:
The kind of messy, absurdist movie that can lift you out of a crappy mood-at least for a while.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
22 Oct 2012
fresh:
McDonagh is less saturated in film and pop culture than Tarantino and less prone than Kaufman to disappear down story wormholes.