Seven Psychopaths Movie Review
Seven Psychopaths Movie Review
By Crysstal Hubbard
Even if no one told me this movie was written by Martin McDonagh, I still would have known. Â Don’t worry that’s a good thing. Â I was fortunate enough to see his play The Pillowman several years ago on Broadway, and every talent he has with the written word on stage he continues to adapt wonderfully to screen.
“Seven Psychopaths” was shown during The San Diego Film Festival this weekend and demand was so high to see the anticipated movie that a second theater was opened at the last minute to accommodate the anxious crowd.
Fans of McDonagh, who also directed and produced the film, have come to expect his dark humor, unforgiving violence, and written affectations that give scenes a feel of improvisation on the actors part, when there was none. McDonagh, as it turns out, is pretty insistent that the dialogue is verbatim to his script.
The story follows the insane  journey of Marty, played by Colin Farrell, a struggling screenwriter with a drinking problem who ends up being hunted by a gangster, Woody Harrelson, after his friends Billy and Hans, played by Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken, kidnap the gangster’s beloved Shih Tzu.
McDonagh’s signature storytelling through monologue is prevalent throughout the movie, as well as some surprise cameos by some very farmiliar faces.
Many people are comparing this film to the previous Farrell-McDonagh team up  ”In Bruges” but the truth is it’s better.  More humor, thrilling cast, complicated and endearing characters and the deep moral lesson: Nothing brings out the psychopath in us like love.
“Seven Psychopaths” opens in theaters nationwide October 12th 2012
Rated R Â Comedy/Crime Genre
1 hr 49 mins
Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh
Starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson
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