The Killer Inside Me Movie Review

Audience reviews for the killer inside me may 04 2015 you don t fit the bill as a killer newspaper man joe rothman elias koteas says to lou casey affleck s character.

The killer inside me movie review. The killer inside me is stylish and beautifully shot but michael winterbottom s distance from his characters robs this often brutally violent film of crucial emotional context. The killer inside me was offbeat odd vulgar with a pinch of good acting. The critical consensus is. A west texas deputy sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.

This again atypical film from winterbottom the genre swapping director of a mighty heart genova and the road to guantanamo is a much more sober affair than its early controversial press might. The biggest issue with the killer inside me is its controversial scenes of violence against women which are highly disturbing and not at all easy to watch and not for kids. The film finds resolution there somewhere perhaps but not on a frequency i can receive. The killer inside me is expert filmmaking based on a frightening performance but it presents us with a character who remains a vast empty lonely cold space.

The storyline was stellar and the acting was beyond my expectations but the movie is only good for the first twenty minutes. As of june 2020 the film holds a 54 approval rating on review aggregator website rotten tomatoes based on 127 reviews with an average rating of 5 68 10. If only the whole film was as compelling as its first half the killer inside me might go down as a dark hearted genre masterpiece but as it stands now winterbottom has fashioned one of the most. But for mature viewers who can get past them affleck s lou ford is a fascinating character and it s interesting to watch his mental and emotional journey.

After jessica alba died i knew i was in for a slump. From the opening credits of the killer inside me winterbottom takes us into the strange small town world of central city in the west texas of the 1950s a period well established but not overly.