The pace is fast and the shocks build beautifully. The actors within it all reel with convincing horror.
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04/17/01
Seven (1995)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:42
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Dramas
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
Top CriticFincher 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
Top Criticdark, gripping thriller which saves its most shocking revelations for the final scenes.
02/13/01
Top CriticFincher 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
Top CriticFor most of its two hours, Se7en is a horrifying and smarter than average crime thriller. Then it shifts to a whole new level, with a couple of twists that just don't happen in this genre.
02/13/01
Positively dripping with a soggy, oppressive atmosphere, the film is blanketed with a miasma of madness.
01/01/00
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
Because the movie believes in its mission, the climax is likely to resonate in your head for hours, perhaps days after viewing.
01/01/00
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
Good as it is, it misses greatness by not quite finding the right way to end.
01/01/00
Top CriticGrisly and disturbing, but very, very good.
01/01/00
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
As the story progresses, the film manages to become quite engrossing, but it is a bit disconcerting that it can be so compelling and repugnant at the same time.
01/01/00
When's the last time you saw a movie in which The Divine Comedy figured as a significant plot point?
01/01/00
...explores unsavory territory and ends in a most unsettling manner. Although Brad Pitt gets top billing, the film really belongs to Morgan Freeman.
01/01/00
The most disquieting and powerful Hollywood thriller in years.
08/18/07
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.
11/11/08
It's certainly unnerving -- gory and sometimes frightening -- but it's also fairly standard, even predictable.
01/01/00
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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