A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
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Matthew McConaughey
Killer Joe Cooper
Emile Hirsch
Chris Smith
Juno Temple
Dottie Smith
Thomas Haden Church
Ansel Smith
Gina Gershon
Sharla Smith
Marc Macaulay
Digger Soames
Gralen Bryant Banks
Pizza Patron
Carol Sutton
Saleslady
Danny Epper
G-Man
Jeff Galpin
Biker Thug
Director
William Friedkin
Screenplay
Tracy Letts
Tagline
"A Totally Deep-Fried Texas Redneck Trailer Park Murder Story."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$10,000,000
Revenue
$4,633,668
Production
ANA Media, Worldview Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, Picture Perfect Corporation
Gimly
February 6, 2017
On the one hand, Killer Joe does get better as it progresses, but on the other, it's also the first Friedkin movie I haven't loved. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
John Chard
February 7, 2019
William Friedkin serves up Trailer Trash Neo-Noir with a side order of Fried Chicken. Killer Joe is directed by William Friedkin and adapted to screenplay by Tracy Letts from his own play of the same name. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon. Music is scored by Tyler Bates and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. Plot finds Hirsch as Chri...
Nathan
December 1, 2022
_Killer Joe_ had the making to be a genuinely great film, but the quality control in the writing room limits the results. So much of the story works for me on a thematic and plot progression basis. I enjoyed the premise and the stakes that this movie provides, but writer Tracy Letts wrote this like it was some subversive wet dream of his as a teenager. This movie is vial, there is so much un...
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