Review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) by Tonto — 31 Jul 2021
This was a decent, albeit strange movie. It’s kind of a thriller about a surgeon played by Colin Farrell who was negligent and caused the death of a man who was the father of a creepy kid. The surgeon feel remorse and tries to mentor this kid and make amends, but it turns out the kid has supernatural powers and curses his family so that his kids become paralyzed and can’t eat, bleed from the eyes and will eventually die along with his wife unless he chooses to kill one of them.
Eventually he does in a procedure involving putting a sock hat over his face and bags over his family’s faces and he rotates himself with a rifle. The dialogue in the movie is purposefully wooden and devoid of emotion and the characters often say strange things that seem a little autistic.
It’s kinda one of the eccentricities of this director. It’s a little distracting and unnecessary. I feel like the movie would have benefitted if the characters seemed more human.
This review of The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) was written by Tonto on 31 July 2021.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer has generally received positive reviews.
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