Killing Them SoftlyMovie Reviews

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 6, 2012

    Killing Me Slowly

    by Liamylgu

    Boring and Stupid! I didn't realize Brad Pitt can't get A movies any more. We went because we figured it had to be good with him in it. But bad signs led to wrose expectations. Going to a moive with only a few attendees isn't a good sign. Watching some people leave and not return is another bad sign. I kept looking at my watch wondering when it was going to end. But we always hang in there in case it gets better. It never did. Suddenly it was over. Didn't make sense. Very slow and boring all through the movie. No more Brad Pitt movie for us. He's done.

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 5, 2012

    Killing Them Softly

    by dennysteve

    This movie should be re-titled "Killing the Audience Slowly"! One of the worst movies (if not the worst) that I have seen in years. My wife and I almost left after the first 15 minutes. The plot was lame, the slow-motion brutality was unnecessary, the continuity between and during scenes poor. i.e. cocktail glasses at the airport bar.

    Overall, my suggestion is to stay away from this dog!

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  • So-so
    Written December 3, 2012

    Funny ****

    by ffleoking

    Love the situational humor that this guy got himself into. The two idiots where a real bore and took away from some good ****. And the close up of their stinky sweaty bodies were a bit much at times. I got it, they didn't need to keep expounding on them being low-lifes'. That was my beef with the rather good movie otherwise

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 11, 2012

    Save your money! Worst movie I've ever seen!

    by cindylee27

    My husband and I go to the movies a lot. We have seen some bad ones, for sure. But Killing Them Softly, by FAR, was the worst movie we have seen together in probably all the time we've known each other. In fact, I joined Fandango today just so I could write this review (I've never written one before) because it was that bad! We walked out feeling raped of our money. Thank God we saw the matinee and didn't pay full price. We saw it because it was the only movie we could see with our schedules yesterday, and I love mob movies, so I figured what the heck... but the lesson learned is always read the reviews!!! Take your money and go to a nice lunch or dinner instead :p

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  • Must Go!
    Written December 5, 2012

    Wow!

    by seiken

    Looking at the type of fans that write reviews on here it's easy to see why there is such a discrepancy between the critical acclaim and fan reviews. Go see Twilight if you do not really appreciate good, solid film making. While the undercurrent in this film is a bit too obvious, the statement this film makes is very timely. The film is well-acted and well-written. One darn good film and a standout in a time when movies like the Twilight series make mega-bucks...

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 8, 2012

    Killing Us Deftly

    by Reschaler

    Stay home!

    It would have been far more merciful to have been shot than to have sat through this turd on a rope. Brad is the Pitts. How can such mindless violence and drooling dialogue be put on a screen and then mercilessly charge us to sit through it.

    I'd have rather been water-boarded, and felt like I needed to go outside and scrape this movie from the bottom of my shoe.

    I'm certain that being made to sit through this "Movie" violates the Geneva Convention.

    It will most certainly be available on DVD in a week or so, I'd recommend foregoing the DVD as well.

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 13, 2012

    killing them softly

    by robb38

    Wow, I have never reviewed a movie in the past but this one was so bad I signed up on Fandango just so I could rate it. STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!

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    Written December 10, 2012

    boring and slow

    by HPNJ08904

    HI,
    I love mob movies and I don't mind violence. I thought the movie was boring (almost feel asleep) and I didn't care about the characters. Oh well...

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  • No
    Written December 9, 2012

    Want my money back

    by robcaudy

    Want my money back. I can't believe critic reviews that are positive at this point. This movie was awful. Fake. BS. And insulting.
    I guess director wants to be Oliver Stone and Tarantino all in one. No chance.
    This should be a flop and inevitably will be. Waste of good actors who could have been doing something else.
    Too bad. I feel (at least I hope) this is the last we see of this writer/director for awhile.
    Just terrible.

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 6, 2012

    Killing Them Softly

    by Big Ed

    I thought that Brad Pitt was good, but the character didn't have much depth other than him being a hit man who followed politics. The start of the movie was about as slow as I have ever seen and I almost walked out. Overall, it wasn't that great. I like James Gandolfini, but the relationship between the two hit men was not very believeable. I expected a better movie considering the actors involved, but honestly the promo for "Django" before the movie started was better than the entire "Killing them Softly" movie

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  • So-so
    Written December 3, 2012

    Killing Them Softly- SO SO

    by nash2009

    Was expecting a bit more ?Pananzz? to the film, with all the great actors involved.
    I did think the plot was too thin and not much to it.
    There was small kids in this audience which I did not feel this film was at all appropriate for a what looked like under 10 years of age. Owing to the language and content.
    The directing was great, and the film had a certain comedy aspect when they haggled over the price of killing people in this economy.

    To the Castle Rock Management, PLEASE turn up the heating it is always too cold in your movie theatre, I am surprised you get any ?Movie goers? at all. It?s the only place you have to
    put on layers to go inside with the draft on your head all the time.
    Even in the summer the A/C is at freezing level.

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 1, 2012

    killing them softly

    by pailaholic

    NO NO NO one of the WORST movies I have every been to If you like the F_BOMB over 300 times and counting and just a stupid movie BIG waste of time and money

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 3, 2012

    Killed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by jewels_8833

    This movie is trash. very disappointed in the stars and their totally unneccessary portrayal/treatment of women and the political ramming down our throats which were both totally unneccessary to the film and yet because that, and shooting them in the head was all they did...(without it they would have had nothing.)...they still managed to end up with a big NOTHING film !

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  • Oh No!
    Written December 2, 2012

    Boring drawnout annoying-no action worst movie

    by eyeseemovie

    It takes skill to make a mob movie like watching The View, its like a collection of talk shows of guys in cars talking just to pass the time. 3 action scenes in the whole thing, and most are so lame. Most of movie is filler between the few action. Brad Pitt only participates in one action and watching him keep talking is more annoying then Gardofilini(tony soprano) which doesnt do anything else. Worst movie of the year. What the heck are the broadcast of the 2008 elections and economy have to do with anything.
    Try to find a great speech about andrew jackson by brad pitt at the end of the movie, elsewhere instead of the movie.

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    Written December 13, 2012

    Artsy isn't a dirty word.

    by frankhancock

    Artsy just about describes this film. Great soundtrack behind a troubled hitman and his list of mentally unstable co-horts. He never get's straight orders from the top which is frustrating. He wishes things were just the way they used to be. Don't we all. Set during the time when W was on the air trying to repair financial regulations (yes this happened during his presidency too) Brad Pitt comes to a realize a brutally honest fact. America is not a country....America is a business.
    Interesting cast...Gandolfini has a very interesting part that he knocks out of the park.

    I'd give it a B+, for Brad Pitt fans it's probably an A. Keep an open mind and try to see more than what is just happening in front of you and the characters but the context in which they are operating in and I think you will enjoy the film.

    Cheers

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