Seven Psychopaths - Movies You Haven’t Seen Yet

What’s this? Another new segment for your viewing enjoyment? One where I tell you all about a movie that I went to an advanced screening of and am so pumped about that I’m telling you about it 2 months early (I need to work on this run-on sentence thing)! It must be Christmas at MoviesandtheManic! So here’s your present all wrapped in Harry Potter wrapping paper with a string of gummy worms tied together as the bow!

Seven Psychopaths is written and directed by the same genius that brought you In Bruges - Martin McDonagh. If you saw and liked In Bruges, don’t even bother reading the rest of this, just buy your ticket when it comes out. If you haven’t seen In Bruges, finish reading this and then GO EDUCATE YOSELF. Fair warning though, this is a kind of off-color and violent humor that is not for the puppies and ponies crowd. That being said, Seven Psychopaths does feature one adorable Shih Tzu and a white bunny rabbit. Still, I want to prepare you In Bruges virgins for something that is strange and bloody and hilarious.

The story is centered around Colin Farrel’s character, a writer in LA who has two things: a lot of writer’s block and the title of his next script - Seven Psychopaths (so meta, as my friend said). And can I for one just say, I am much happier seeing Mr. Farrel in this than in Total Recall. Farrel’s best friend in the movie is Sam Rockwell, a slightly unhinged but always delightful man who spends his time kidnapping dogs and then collecting the reward money. Rockwell’s performance is easily one of the most entertaining and enjoyable that I’ve seen this year. He is insane, bloodthirsty, and generally very likable. The movie also features a classically wonderful and terrifying character played by Christopher Walken. You can see one of my favorite moments of his in the trailer, when he just says "no" after being asked to put his hands up at gunpoint. Essentially, the movie is about the seven psychopaths this ragtag band meets and the dog kidnapping of a Shih Tzu who belongs to one very pissed mob boss (Woody Harrelson).

This movie is kind of like Inglorious Basterds, without the Nazis, but with all the good times and slaughter. It’s very self-aware and often tells you exactly what’s going to happen, which in my opinion has a freakin’ compelling effect. It’s interesting, which is rare, and genuinely and uniquely funny, which is even more rare. So, go check this one out on October 12!