NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

slopoke67 This is a brutal -- at times hard to watch -- study of a family tearing itself apart in the worst way. Matthew mcconaughey is in top form as one of the most disgusting characters i've ever seen in a movie. This is definitely not one to step easily into as it is very very disturbing but for those with a strong stomach and a taste for something adventurous and different, i highly recommend this one.

zardoz-13 "Exorcist" director William Friedkin's "Killer Joe" is a strange, gory, Southern Gothic comedy of criminal errors about a dysfunctional family in Texas that will repeatedly either surprise or appall you with every turn of its twisted plot. The father and son hire a lethal Dallas detective to liquidate their estranged mother so that the trashy son won't suffer the consequences of being killed by other unsavory individuals because he didn't have enough money to pay off an ill-gotten drug debt. Matthew McConaughey portrays the eponymous but clearly amoral protagonist Joe Cooper who lacks soul as well as no qualms about anything that he does. The scene where Friedkin introduces Joe delineates the kind of person we are watching. Friedkin shows Joe putting on his Stetson, arranging his belt and gun. Emile Hirsch of "Prince Avalanche" plays low-lifer Mike Smith; he needs six thousand dollars to pay off a drug debt. When he approaches his trailer-trash redneck father Ansel (Thomas Hadden Church of "Sideways") about borrowing the loot, Ansel tells him in no uncertain terms that he doesn't have a dime. Eventually, Chris arranges a meeting with Joe at an abandoned pool hall, and Joe informs them that he will kill Chris' mother and Ansel's former wife so that they will be able to cash in a $50-thousand dollar life insurance policy. Joe Cooper stipulates that his price is $25-thousand. Eventually, the guys provide Joe with a retainer in the form of Chris' delectably young sister Dottie (June Temple of "Atonement") who has no qualms about having sex with Joe. Mind you, Chris helps Joe kill his mother. They drench her in beer and blow marijuana blow on her body before they blow her up in her car. Suddenly, when everything boils down to the insurance company cutting the check for the beneficiary, our characters find themselves in a terrible quandary. At this point, "Killer Joe" takes an incredible turn."Killer Joe" is not for the squeamish. The nudity, profanity, and subject matter are strong. Friedkin's film is not a lighthearted romp and may alienate spectators from the start. Indeed, when McConaughey read the screenplay initially, he found it revolting and wanted nothing to do with it. Seriously immoral and subversive things occur in this unrated epic that may appall some. The characters are largely unsympathetic. They are not the kind of people you would associate with and they are trash. The situations are dark and forbidding. The scene with the chicken leg is unforgettable. Like the chicken leg scene, most of what happens in "Killer Joe" will challenge you right to the core. Gina Gershon is a revelation as a two-timing wife as is Thomas Hadden Church as an idiotic husband. Ultimately, "Killer Joe" qualifies as a ghoulish bit of film noir.

sol- Under pressure from loan sharks, a young gambling addict hires a crooked cop to kill his mother for the life insurance money, but nothing quite goes to plan in this engrossing drama starring Emile Hirsch and Matthew McConaughey as the gambler and cop respectively. McConaughey received a lot of praise for his performance at the time, all of which is justified. There is not a single likable character in this dark, bleak tale, however, McConaughey is always fascinating to watch, elucidating some very rigid rules of conduct and oozing danger at every turn. While he does explicitly taunt, intimidate or hurt Hirsch, unlike the loan shark and his goons, there is a constant sense that McConaughey might in fact be a more sinister and vicious character, especially as he starts making demands of Hirsch's teenage sister and begins bossing his father around. For all its virtues, the film also has a baffling black comedy streak to it, and the final twenty minutes or so are done with an uncomfortably comedic vibe. This ultimately leads to the film ending on an odd note with a sudden cut to black that leaves everything hanging. That said, the final twenty minutes are the most memorable of the movie with McConaughey completely losing the cool and calm demeanour he until then exhibited throughout; the final twenty minutes also go a long way to explaining the quizzical chicken wing promotional posters for the film.

Andrew Gold Killer Joe is a roller-coaster of a movie. At first it seems like a dark comedy, then a crime drama plot starts to uncover, and by the end it becomes downright terrifying. I'm a sucker for these kinds of movies and Killer Joe absolutely nails everything it goes for. This kind of story couldn't be pulled off without the right director. Thankfully William Friedkin knocks it out of the park. You can smell the white trash emanating from the screen. Every detail of every action is given the right amount of attention; every shot has purpose. Not one second is gone to waste. And in order for a story like this to truly resonate you'd need competent actors, and I don't think you could find a more perfect cast for Killer Joe if you tried. McConaughey is absolutely mesmerizing as this badass detective who's a hit-man on the side. The story revolves around a trailer trash family and their plan to exploit an insurance policy on the husband's ex-wife because the son got wrapped up in a bad drug deal, so they hire Killer Joe to do the job. Little do they know, Killer Joe does not f*ck around. It's a graphic movie but it's not gratuitous. There's a reason for everything that is shown. And the narrative slowly builds to an explosive climax that leaves you flabbergasted. Seriously, the final scene in this movie which is about 10 minutes long, is absolutely phenomenal. Shocking, riveting, unsettling. Matthew McConaughey is downright villainous in this role. It's hard to call him a "villain" because he's straightforward in his motivations, much like it's hard to call the family the "heroes" because they're a bunch of moronic assholes, except the daughter who just doesn't know any better. The line between good and evil is blurred to the point of nonexistence, with Joe epitomizing this duality being the half detective half gun-for-hire hard-ass that he is. It's quite poetic, really. The characters in this movie are scum, and they all get what's coming to them.Killer Joe is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is scatterbrained. It's entirely focused and cohesive. All the genres it glosses over fit right into this depraved story arc, and it grips you to the screen from beginning to end. This movie certainly isn't for everyone, but if you can stomach Killer Joe, you won't soon forget it.