David Fincher is at the top of his form with Seven, one of the darkest, creepiest, and most brilliant serial killer pictures in American film history, far more interesting than Silence of the Lambs.
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11/11/08
Seven (1995)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:42
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.4/10
Synopsis: Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, and lust--these are the seven deadly sins that are being punished with unimaginable cruelty and calculation by an enigmatic killer in David Fincher's... [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey
Director: David Fincher
Reviews for Seven
Fincher and Walker take these hackneyed ingredients, play with them in the context of a brilliantly cohesive plot, and present something consistently fresh -- and very, very dark.
04/28/08
The filmmakers stick to their vision with such dedication and persistence that something indelible comes across--something ethically and artistically superior to The Silence of the Lambs that refuses to exploit suffering for fun or entertainment.
04/28/08
The situation is formulaic, but director David Fincher contrives a stylish, intentionally ugly look that transcends the pulp narrative.
04/28/08
An intensely claustrophobic, gut-wrenching thriller.
04/28/08
Top CriticSo chic, studied and murky it resembles a cross between a Nike commercial and a bad Polish art film.
03/31/08
The real star of Seven, however, is the gloom and doom of the setting: an unidentified blight of a modern city.
01/17/08
The most disquieting and powerful Hollywood thriller in years.
08/18/07
If you think you know where the story is going, think again. This movie has an unconventional ending worthy of the anti-hero movies of the Seventies.
02/03/07
Fincher handles the violence with sensitivity, announcing its obscenity in spoken analyses and briefly glimpsed post mortem shots, but never showing the murderous acts themselves.
06/24/06
The opening credit sequence is a mini masterpiece of filmmaking.
01/13/04
The crime scenes are rendered in sickening detail, and the whole film has a murky, madly pretentious tone.
05/20/03
Top CriticThe angles, the faded tones, the close-ups and quick cutting to intense music were all so unusual and disconcerting I was caught off guard. I immediately felt both mesmerized and at risk. And that was just during the opening credits.
05/20/03
Both Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman give great performances in this film.
03/23/03
A harrowingly bleak vision that haunted me in the theatres and made my flesh slick with fear even on this recent re-viewing.
11/07/02
One of the best thrillers of the '90s.
09/10/02
Eerie suspense film with a surprize ending that provides quite a jolt!
08/28/02
[An] overrated film, but it is still well-done.
08/22/02
Viewers looking for a silver-screen gross-out will be disappointed, but others will appreciate this mature thriller, which proves once again that the best suspensers keep their violence off-camera.
06/05/02
Once homicide detectives Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt catch on to his modus operandi, there's little left in the movie to think about except, gee, wonder how the murderous maniac will do Sloth or Envy?
04/17/02
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