The Killer Inside Me

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The Killer Inside Me

R,

2010,

1h 48m,

Crime/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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56%

126 Reviews

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40%

10,000+ Ratings

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56%

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126 Reviews

40%

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10,000+ Ratings

An encounter with an aggressive prostitute (Jessica Alba) brings a Texas lawman's (Casey Affleck) homicidal tendencies screaming to the surface.

Critics Consensus

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.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 30, 2018

It does not endorse the violence, glamorise it, or normalise it in any way... But if Winterbottom had shown more discretion, had pulled back so that we might stomach it, at least, it would have been a considerably improved film.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Jan 3, 2011

This adaptation of Thompson's 1952 novel about a cunning, psychotic sheriff's deputy in a small Texas town locates the killer inside him and immerses us in the cold calculation and horrible logic that pull him from one murder to the next.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Aug 25, 2010

4/5

It's a violent film about violence, but that makes it truthful.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 18, 2023

3/4

Although controversial and not for the timid, this unnerving, macabre tale of a psycho killer has its rewards for the right audience.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Aug 2, 2022

Not the disaster that everyone complains about…A melodramatic thriller that could have been much more. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Dec 4, 2020

The prolific Winterbottom has got closer than most to the bleak spirit of his film's source - the 1952 novel by pulp writer Jim Thompson. No mean feat.

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Abraham P

Feb 24, 2019

Casey Affleck shines as the soft spoken handsome deputy who commits acts of unflinching brutality without missing a beat. A very stylized and twisted film noir lurking under the surface of a sleepy small town.

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Kylo W

Dec 14, 2018

I have never hated a movie more than I hated this POS.

Hagrid P

Nov 1, 2018

I hated, hated, hated everything about this film WHY did they even make it? This was self-indulgent bullshi* that depicted the WORST VIOLENCE against women in a film I have ever seen. It is squirm-worthy and terribly uncomfortable. I thought better of Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba until they decided to be part of a piece of CRAP like this film. I assure you that my production? company will NEVER work with anyone attached to this horrendous atrocity EVER.

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Kylo S

May 16, 2018

Kind of slow, but disturbingly entertaining at some points. Some scenes you'll never forget.

Nov 15, 2017

A depiction of a pathological killer. Guess it shows, they can be anybody, in any of societies roles. You just never know.

Theodore S

Mar 1, 2017

Super violent against women :p

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Synopsis

An encounter with an aggressive prostitute (Jessica Alba) brings a Texas lawman's (Casey Affleck) homicidal tendencies screaming to the surface.

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Andrew Eaton, Chris Hanely, Bradford L. Schlei
Screenwriter: John Curran
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Muse Productions, Revolution, Stone Canyon
Rating: R (Disturbing Brutal Violence|Aberrant Sexual Content|Some Graphic Nudity)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $215.0K
Runtime: 1h 48m

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