Killing Them SoftlyMovie Reviews


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    Written December 2, 2012

    IF YOU NEED HOLLYWOOD TO TELL YOU HOW TO THINK...

    by Blue_Dog

    Shoot'em up Tarantino knock-off bloody urban gangster film is inter-spliced with video and audio from the 2008 banking crisis to make a metaphorical statement about the soullessness and money grubbery of American society.
    If you are too thick to get the point, Mr. Pitt does a soliloquy at the end to ensure you are indoctrinated, "America is not a country. It's a business!" Elegant.
    Thank you Mr. Pitt. I've been living here over five decades, but I needed you to tell me about this nation. Just what I wanted, to pay my coins to have filthy rich Hollywood artistes bash me over the head with trite political commentary. Turned out to be bad gangster film and bad political analysis. Just Brad Pitt pretending to have gravitas. He should marry Sara Jessica Parker.

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    Written December 2, 2012

    Liked it

    by leoncia73

    My husband and I enjoyed the film, it seems slow at times, but suddenly something happens, we saw it a a dark comedy sometimes, but also a good critic to our society, if you go, it is worthy to watch the entire film, just to hear the last words from Brad Pitt.

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Killing them softly

    by Moore_JamesIII

    Very good movie. Very Tarantini-ish in that the violence is plentiful and graphic. A no-nonsense hit man movie. The director whose name I can't recall is a bit of a political cynic, but I tend to agree with his view.

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    Written December 1, 2012

    A waste of time, machinery and film

    by lotajoy

    I dont think I have ever seen a worst film. Impressions are given that it is a mob shoot em up movie and it turns out to be a political diatribe of Bush, the Obama campaign (always on a radio or TV in a bar) One or two songs and they are from the fifties. Now the mob are a bunch of old timers that talk trash about women and cant get an approval for a hit. The cars are from the 70s. Nothing went together. But the shooting was super loud to wake you up from all the boring stupid conversation that droned on and on.......DONT GO...

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Don't Bother

    by VegasBluebird

    No way to put a good spin on it - "Killing Them Softly" is just plain bad. Pretentious and dull, this movie thinks it is far better than it is. Not sure why the critics are raving about it. About halfway through, I was thinking I would have rather just gone to bed early to catch up on my sleep, and it never got better. Oh well, at least the popcorn was decent.

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Horrible!!

    by aallmand76

    I saw the previews and it said it was a thriller and Brad Pitt had a Oscar nominated performance. The movie was so boring and a total waste of time and money. Brad Pitt didn't even appear until the middle of the movie and all the interesting parts were people getting shot in the head which at parts didn't make sense! Soooo much talking. If I wouldn't have been on a date, I would have left in the middle... no the beginning of the movie. I highly recommend no one watch this movie just because Brad Pitt is in it. I hope I can save some people money. Also don't bring your kids because of the foul language, drugs, and very bloody scenes.

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Vey bad movie

    by johnson2719

    Under no circumstances pay to see this movie. Acting is good but it another movie trying to make a politcal statement. Make sure you ask the usher to wake you up at the end of the movie. I want my money back.

    • 27 out of 44 found this review helpful.
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    Written December 4, 2012

    Killing them softly

    by Sedonaguyed

    This is by far THE WORSE MOVIE I have seen in years!!! I can't believe all these great actors wanted this movie to act in!! Don't go!!!!

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    Written December 2, 2012

    Tarantino alike but on steroids *HORRIBLE*

    by fastaccess2004

    This movie reminded me of mom and aunt conversations but stretched over 2 1/2 hours. It took 5 minutes of film to show someone getting shot. Slow motion shooting, flashing screens that do not make any sense. 90% of the film is dialogue unrelated to the movie, 9% with Obama's speeches and 1% of trash. Half the audience walked out, save your movie!

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Killing them softly

    by mamacode

    Horrible, boring, I believe it's the worst movie I ever saw. People were leaving the movie theatre. I stayed thinking Pitt would help. He did not. Can't fix a flop. Throw it away! Can it. Do Anything, but to let someone else throw their money away on such a bad movie!! Im embarrassed for Pitt to even had said yes to such a terrible movie. Yuk!

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    Written December 1, 2012

    HORRID WASTE OF TIME FROM EVERY ASPECT

    by TopBull1

    What in the world was Brad Pitt thinking taking this role? I should have known....any movie with Ray Liotta in it is usually pretty bad, but this is a complete and total boring waste of everyone's time......felt like a 5 hour long movie and we kep waiting, thinking something interesting was going to happen to make this movie have a point, but no.....horrid through and through with absolutely no redeeming qualities. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR TIME - LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE. DISGRACE OF A MOVIE.

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    Written December 2, 2012

    Softly Putting Them To Sleep

    by MedRed

    The Good: The art direction is amazing. Between it and the great acting, you believe everything put forth on the screen. I could literally smell the filth and dog poop on Russell. His perpetual sweat was absolutely disgusting.

    The Bad: This movie is terribly slow. Killing Them Softly would have worked much better as an HBO Series where the bloated dialogue would be justified by the emotional attachment built up for characters over a period of time. This movie is unoriginal and very predictable.

    This movie would have been much better under Ritchie, Tarantino, or Scorsese.

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  • So-so
    Written December 1, 2012

    It's About Killing, Leave Your Emotions at Home

    by pedsarq

    Brad Pitt plays a sentimental killer who can't off anyone he knows. Those he doesn't know, he likes to kill from a distance, when they least expect it, which he refers to as killing them "softly". That's not a bad setup, but the execution of the rest of the story is messy. There's a heist by two idiotic junkies that's good for a chuckle, and nothing more. Ray Liotta gets beaten to a pulp, but we never really get to know his character. That was a waste of a great talent. Pitt's character is in total control of his emotions and seems to live for the kill. Too bad his character is not likable and we never get to care about him. One thing I will say about this movie, it has some truly great classic American cars. See it if you're in the mood for a story involving contract killings, two-bit criminals, and a very amusing James Gandolfini playing a character that's similar to Tony Soprano when he was into prostitutes and drinking like a fish.

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  • I'll Pass
    Written December 2, 2012

    ITS NOT EVEN worth a bootleg rental dvd.!

    by mgcherubim

    All negative reviews were right on! Maybe,,, just maybe, if the all the presidential speeches that were played as background, were replace with some pumped-up , strong beat music... It may have saved a poor rating to an so-so rating, and ya! I'm being polite ..... Final comment: Feeding the pigeons and/or O.T. would been more entertaining. ha ha

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    Written December 1, 2012

    Now the Chanel ads make sense

    by bluejayz

    Aimless movie - predictable and boring - most scenes drawn out way too long with pointless dialog (if you see it you will know what I mean in the scenes between Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini). Save your money and wait till it comes out on Netflix.

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