Killing Them SoftlyMovie Reviews


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  • Oh No!
    Written December 2, 2012

    worst I have seen in a long, long, time

    by yoda2011

    pitiful. walked out after 15 minutes. no plot, brutal ,and obscene. ia am no prude, but this reall, really sucked. save your mony and stay at home. watch an oprah rerun. anything else!!!

    • 13 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written December 3, 2012

    just missed

    by ashbymitchellsmith

    This movie was trying to be too much. It was like Mamet vs Tarantino vs Kevin Smith, and they all were on Qualuudes. Just tried to be a little too deep, a little too violent, a little too ironic. And it missed on all of them.

    • 7 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 3, 2012

    Killing them Softly killed us

    by lynnie131

    This movie was a huge disappointment. Brad looked good but had absolutely no personality, movie was very slow moving and confusing. They sprinkled some well recognized past mobster actors in it to try and convince you, but failed miserably. James Gandolfini whom I happen to love had a very small pathetic part and would have done the movie some justice had they built it around him. Dont waste your money. Not even on DVD.

    • 10 out of 14 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written December 14, 2012

    Mediocre story that is REALLY well shown

    by ethan.aust

    The cinematography is amazing.
    The plot is thin.
    They spent a decent amount of time on information that didnt pertain to the story and didnt spend enough time on the story.

    • 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 4, 2012

    Walked out!

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    This was a terrible flick. I desperately wanted to sit it out and find out where the "pop" was but after the second couple leaving and I had to follow. Boring and ill written.

    Please refund me!

    • 15 out of 25 found this review helpful.
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    Written December 1, 2012

    Killing Them More Than Softly

    by EinsteinJane

    Great acting, interesting plot - too bad nobody's going to see it because of the bad reviews it is receiving but that is a shame. The acting is first rate and it is a first-rate movie. Stop reading those ridiculous reviews. Brad Pitt, Sam Shepard, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta...how could this movie be anything but good? The juxtaposition of politics, mobsters and the economy is brilliant and watching the interactions between Jenkins and Pitt and Gandofini and Pitt equal simply great film-making. Twenty-first century film noir at its best. The people who didn't like this film just don't understand the genre and are looking for an action, shoot 'em up film instead. That is definitely not what this is about.

    • 8 out of 11 found this review helpful.
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  • No
    Written December 16, 2012

    Killing them softly

    by idreamofgills

    Like a VERY long Chanel No. 5 commercial. Pitt's character maintains an expressionless, monotonous vocal delivery style, as well as a blank facial expression. One doesn't care much about the characters to say nothing of the questionable plot development . . . essentially, " who cares?" is the feeling one takes out of the theatre. The one SLIGHT exception would be James Gandolfini's character who expresses some apparently genuine emotion, but only briefly, perhaps quickly squelched by the director. I guess is it possible that was the intended final result, but one doubts it sincerely. Not worth the admission price.

    • 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  • No
    Written December 4, 2012

    FOR THOSE WITH A BLOOD LUST, WHERE ALL THE "BAD" GUYS GET WHAT THEY EARNED AND DESERVED.

    by Peneflix

    Which was precisely what the audience suffered through 97 minutes of this brutal, taut expose where all are nefarious; just varying degrees of separation. The once, remarkably handsome Brad Pitt, plays philosophical "gun-for-hire", "Jackie Cogan" who "kills" from a distance, so as not to get too personal, sentimentally involved; his creed is ambushed by circumstances and his assassinations spread blood as intensely as water in post-Katrina , New Orleans...

    Director Andrew Dominik features a seasoned cast (Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Scott McNairy) in a glum, lugubrious plot, revolving around the financial woes of dismal, droll, untoward individuals...

    TWO STARS!!

    ***For full review please visit peneflix(dot)com!!!

    • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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    Written December 2, 2012

    Killing them softly

    by Winston Stone

    Interesting would be my first assessment. Not my kind of movie but well written. Although I saw a continuity error in the first scenes with the Australian eating a ice cream one second and the next shot when should still have it's not there. Kept talking about place in around the Boston area. But didn't seem to be filmed in Boston at all. Bostonese type expressions like "this after" veiled or finally toned down Boston accents. Set in 2004 but we had a 1973 Buick Riviera, and 1970 prox Oldsmobile Tornado, and early 1980s Cadillac DeVille??? A scene that looked like is was filmed in a hall of Omni Parker House in Boston. Just odd that all. But other than those observations not a bad movie.

    • 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 2, 2012

    Killing Them Softly

    by roseyb62

    Went with husband...he wanted to leave within the first 15 minutes. I was hoping it was going to get better and waited till almost end of movie and had to leave. Don't waste your time your money on this movie....

    • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 7, 2012

    NO NO NO

    by RSMMARK

    Don't waste your time, we walked out after 20 minutes of absolutley nothing happening. One of the worst movies I 've ever seen.

    • 8 out of 11 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 4, 2012

    Awful movie

    by imdianne

    My husband and I saw this movie in Sydney, Australia before it ever made it to the U.S. It was absolutely the worse move we've ever seen. That says it all! Please don't bother to see it on screen or even on DVD, save your money for a worth while movie.

    • 6 out of 7 found this review helpful.
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  • Oh No!
    Written December 10, 2012

    killing them softly

    by lottiehernandez

    What's wrong with Brad Pitt. Why is he making these lousy movies? I can't believe he acted in this piece of dirt movie. How come Bradley Cooper chooses so much better movies. Brad Pitt is good looking, sexy, great actor and then he starts making movies so bad that you eventually will have to stop going to watch his movies. Please Brad Pitt, wake up and smell the coffee. Just because you are good looking you don't have to work hard. Choose better movies. Apply yourself looking for better stories. I hope your family gives you some advice. I hope you make a better movie next time. I'm not going to go to the theater unless I read good reviews.

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  • So-so
    Written December 2, 2012

    I would wait to see this movie on HBO.

    by pramonfigueroa

    I was so excited to see Killing them softly but it was truly a big let down. I must admit Killing them softly is not going to be a Sopranos type movie even though some of the cast was in the movie, but overall I was pretty disappointed. I will not be purchasing this movie on DVD.

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 12, 2012

    Killing Them Softly

    by lindaphurley

    Boring and overly profane for the first 45 minutes and then lacking plot and meaning throughout the rest of the movie. Did not enjoy or like at all!

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