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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

7.0/ 10

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2017

Release Year

121 min

Runtime

Drama
Thriller
Mystery

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.

Keywords

husband wife relationship
hostage
psychopath
insanity
blackmail
surgeon
paralysis
dysfunctional family
paranormal
revenge
hospital
cruelty
brutality
cafe
cardiologist
recovering alcoholic
open heart surgery

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Reviews(5)

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jessetaylor

September 15, 2017

9
9/10

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. Lanthimos' films have

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Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

December 10, 2017

5
5/10

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 horror, but mor

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tmdb23156637

December 23, 2017

7
7/10

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, ugly, and not h

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5rJoud

5rJoud

July 2, 2021

3
3/10

**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 children are smart and

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Nathan

Nathan

@TitanGusang

October 14, 2022

6
6/10

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-bending movie that th

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