Seven Psychopaths

I chose to review this film based on my desire to see Christopher Walken, who I think is a great actor and often very funny. I was hesitant, because of the R-rating, but I was willing to give it a chance. I hoped to give readers of this Web site a proper review, in case, like me, they were willing to overlook the rating and perhaps find the film’s quality worth it.

Less than 17 minutes into the film, I heard at least 17 uses of the F-word. D*mn must have been considered too mild, as I only noticed it once. D*ck once; c*nt once; b*tch once or twice; sh*t at least 3 times and a*s twice. Within this same 17 minutes, two throats were slashed by their owners, two would-be killers shot in the head, and two other bloody bodies were shown long enough to be disturbing.

All this took place, as I said, within the first 17 minutes, at which time I stopped watching. Whatever your moral or spiritual persuasion or position, even this amount of time was more than enough for me to tell you that there is no reason to watch this film, either in a theater or at home.

I would like to comment on the quality of the script, but how difficult is it to write the F-word countless times and refer to it as dialog. As far as plot is concerned, this is supposed to be the story of Marty (Colin Farrell) writing a screenplay. I’ll never know how well he played his part.

I did not stay with the film long enough to see any sex or nudity, but trust it will be there. The $1.31 I wasted to rent this DVD, although a small amount of money, was ill spent.

I hope that anyone considering renting “Seven Psychopaths,” or seeing it in a theater, will change his/her mind.

Supplied by editor: Violence: Extreme / Profanity: Extreme—OMG (4), “G*d damn,” “Jesus” (2), “Jesus Christ” (2), f-words (80+), “mother-f___” (6), and many more / Sex/Nudity: Extreme—bare female breasts, prositution, sex (3 times), near nude women, woman in wet t-shirt, male near nudity, sexual talk

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