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Killer Joe (2011)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
7/15
7/15:
It seems William Friedkin had sold himself out by giving the audience what they wanted because Killer Joe is a
cinematic low point in terms of female treatment.
The picture moves slow, covering several subplots that serve as self-indulgence (big time in Juno Temple's case),
and is extreme at moments for the sake of it.
The longer Joe Cooper is away from the police station, the more unbelievable his character becomes. Does he
ever work? How does he have a lot of time on his hands? Won't he be implicated in the crimes due to the high amount of time
he spends with the trailer trash family?
Matthew McConaughey isn't good this time because his character is dark, sleazy, and slightly over the top.
He's a better actor when he does light romance comedies or dramas about real life stories. That's why I didn't like his
work in Dallas Buyers Club.
Emile Hirsch, a Jack Black look-alike, is the only one of the cast who gives a decent performance. However, I have to laugh
at the staged fight; not a single punch or kick connected. Come on, William, you can do better than that. As for
everybody else, my head can only shake. By the way, some actresses have bared their unshaven vagina in various films, but in
Killer Joe, Gina Gershon decides to wear a "merkin" instead. So, what's the point if it amounts to the same thing?
And if she's going to fake it, why bother casting her?
All in all, the amount of degradation as shown in Killer Joe, especially the fried chicken drumstick scene, is the
reason why I mostly avoid movies made after the year of 2000.