Overview:
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.| Status: | Released (2017-10-20) |
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| Awards: | 7 wins & 53 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $2,291,901 |
| Screen: | Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou |
| Productions: | Element Pictures, TPC, Film4 Productions, New Sparta Films, Limp, HanWay Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français |
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Casts
- 72466: Colin Farrell - Steven Murphy
- 2227: Nicole Kidman - Anna Murphy
- 1290466: Barry Keoghan - Martin Lang
- 1055230: Raffey Cassidy - Kim Murphy
- 1444880: Sunny Suljic - Bob Murphy
- 121718: Bill Camp - Matthew Williams
- 5588: Alicia Silverstone - Martin's Mother
Crews
- 1108140: Keith Potter - Executive Producer - Production
- 3636411: Vasilis Marmatakis - Graphic Designer - Art
- 2841650: Emer O'Shea - Production Coordinator - Production
- 72525: Yorgos Mavropsaridis - Music Editor - Sound
- 235125: Ariane Labed - Thanks - Crew
- 122423: Yorgos Lanthimos - Director - Directing
- 43147: Ed Guiney - Producer - Production
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Reviews
jessetaylor
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My immediate response as soon as this finished was "MASTERPIECE." Lanthimos is back to _Dogtooth_-level craziness with this film and I couldn't be happier. _The Lobster_ was a favourite of mine in 2016, but something about this one's hopelessness drew me in more - odd, I know. Lanthi ....
Continue reading ->Gimly
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I am a big fan of some of Yorgos Lanthimos' earlier work, so _The Killing of a Sacred Deer_, which I had been told in no uncertain terms would be a straight up horror movie, was well and truly on the agenda for 2017. Unfortunately, I found that not only was _Sacred Deer_ not at all a ....
Continue reading ->tmdb23156637
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Finally got the chance to see this via Amazon. Dogtooth and The Lobster (from the same Greek director, who I must admit has a keen sense of storytelling) did not impress me at all. Very interesting ideas; atrocious presentations. Dogtooth was indecipherable and The Lobster is cruel, ....
Continue reading ->5rJoud
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**What a shame this could have been excellent** This film depicts the life of upper class people as we like to imagine it, and brilliantly so. The medical doctors couple have it all figured out, speak in complete sentences and are firm and polite. The house is gorgeous, the childr ....
Continue reading ->Nathan
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I found this to be one of the better Yorgos Lanthimos films, but I just cannot get behind his writing style. The stories he delivers are incredibly unique and I want to like them so much more than I actually do. Despite those drawbacks, _The Killing of a Sacred Deer_ was a mind-bendi ....
Continue reading ->sophionara
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This film managed to keep me fully engaged. I watched it at 1.0 speed, which has been challenging for me lately. The plot was so thrilling, but after it ended, I had this feeling of uncertainty. Perhaps I did not realize something, or maybe there was a hidden reason behind everything ....
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