The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017 123movies

Watch: The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – After the untimely death of 16-year-old Martin’s father on the operating table, little by little, a deep and empathetic bond begins to form between him and the respected cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr Steven Murphy. At first, expensive gifts and then an invitation for dinner will soon earn the orphaned teenager the approval of Dr Steven’s perfect family, even though right from the start, a vague, yet unnerving feeling overshadows Martin’s honest intent. And then, unexpectedly, the idyllic family is smote by a fierce and pitiless punishment, while at the same time, everything will start falling apart as the innocents have to suffer. In the end, as the sins of one burden the entire family, only an unimaginable and unendurable decision that demands a pure sacrifice can purge the soul. But to find catharsis, one must first admit the sin..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 155,393
	80% | RottenTomatoes
	73/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 3086 Popularity: 28.585 | TMDB

Reviews:

**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 well behaved. The setting of the story as a whole is very well done, believable and with great actors to boot.

The score is not so great. At times we have experimental “music” that just annoys and does nothing for the mood, but the visuals are exciting to watch, we have interesting camera angles, no shaking and clever zooms and motion.

The pace is slow, yet “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is never boring. There is always a plot twist which is explored after, things take their time but rightfully so.

Why the relatively detailed review for a 1.5 star rating? The problem is that the climax is just a huge letdown. The audience can’t help themselves but wonder what is going on, guessing on the crime the apparently genius 16 year old villain commits. It is never explained. The makers thought it would be enough to have the bad guy win. It is not enough.

In the end everything good about the movie was negated by breaking the suspension of disbelief in a petty way, just ending the movie.

Even “The Leftovers” explained its phenomenon, and that show did not need to. There the mystery was the premise for character development, here the mystery is a tool to keep the viewer’s attention.

I’d like to give less than 1.5 stars, because of how cheated I feel and because of the waste of talent and production value. But I’m sure there are people who love this and people who will learn from this.

18 December 2017

I am migrating my reviews from a different site which has become simply garbage. TMDB looks awesome and I look forward to be a part of it.

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 threw me for a loop. The performances were great all around, as they should be with a star-studded cast featuring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Barry Keoghan. The plot was incredibly twisted and dark. I enjoyed this film, but much like Lobster, and really wish there was a more modern spin on the writing instead of the short choppy and somewhat awkward framing that Lanthimos is known for.

**Score:** _65%_ |
**Verdict:** _Decent_

The Emperor Has No Clothes, This Movie is Extremely Ugly and Boring
This is one of those movies I have nothing nice to say about. The only thing I’ll hand this movie is that I don’t want to blame the actors/actresses. They’ve all shown that they have talent and I believe they were all instructed to act in such a robotic and monotone style. This obviously backfired as I couldn’t attach myself to their characters because of it but I get the intention. My hope is that they all bounce back soon with other more worthwhile projects.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer is filmed in a deliberately cold and sterile way. There are plenty of distant shots when characters are walking down hallways, all the dialogue is delivered without any kind of inflection and the final moments lack any kind of feeling. Again, this wasn’t done by accident and I understand that it might just being going over my head. But the trade-off with this style is that it sucks any kind of emotional investment out of the movie. This bleeds over into the characters who are all jerks and terrible people. I wasn’t rooting for anyone by the end of the movie. Steven is too arrogant to like; his children and his wife are content to stab each other in the back as long as it suits their best interest. Martin’s plan is so ruthless that you can’t root for him as the villain (this is also compounded by his complete lack of personality). This is an ugly movie about ugly people in an ugly situation. I get that’s the point but if that’s the case, why should I enjoy this movie?

The next thing is that this movie has very little plot to speak of. There is the mystery of how Martin is doing this (there is no resolution about that) but otherwise, the only other question posed is answered at the halfway point. There isn’t anything else! If you’re going to strip any emotional resonance from the movie or refuse to give me anyone to root for, I need an intriguing plot to hold my interest. Sadly, this was just one more thing the movie lacks.

What this movie relies on is the dialogue and that aspect doesn’t pick up the slack. Sure, there are some minor exchanges that are interesting but there isn’t any deeper meaning revealed through these characters interacting with one another. It often gets repetitive (there are at least a couple of scenes where Steven and Anna lecture the kids about not doing their chores) or downright bizarre (Steven’s story of childhood masturbation was icky). It just failed to hold my attention (again the fact its delivered so coldly didn’t’ help) and it was just something else that was disappointing.

This movie joins A Ghost Story and Mother! In a category of 2017 films that critics adored and I ended up hating. I will say that like those movies, there was a clear vision of what they wanted, and they achieved it. Yorgos Lanthimos had something specific in mind and was more concerned about bringing his vision to life than whether the audience would get it. As much as defenders of this movie would say “well you’re not the target audience”, I’m open to trying new and different types of movies and I don’t need to make concessions to an awful movie because they didn’t make it with me in mind. I was repulsed by this movie for much of the running time. My hopes that it would get better when we got further into the plot were deflated like a balloon running out of air. Unless you’re a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos’ previous work (I haven’t seen The Lobster, maybe its good?) or you’re dying to see something off-kilter and deliberately hard to understand, do not see this movie.

Hugely pretentious
One of the most pretentious films I can remember seeing in a long while, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER tries to be a family-centred psycho thriller but instead turns out to be a long-winded and interminable bore. The film stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman as a married couple whose lives are ruined when a strange and obnoxious boy comes into their lives and makes them a deathly ultimatum. The plot’s okay in itself, but not when things are dragged out to this interminably slow length. The worst thing about the movie by far is the direction, from a Greek chap who couldn’t direct traffic, let alone a proper movie. Every single scene is distracted by his stupid camera tricks, with slow zooms in and out being particular favourites. The film is icy, cold, and has no heart at all, and at times there’s blaring noise on the soundtrack that just annoys you. Farrell and Kidman do nothing with their underwritten parts while Barry Keoghan is no more than one-dimensional as the supposed antagonist. It’s the kind of awful viewing experience that never seems to end.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 1 min (121 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 7027336
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Actors Barry G. Bernson, Herb Caillouet, Bill Camp
Country Ireland, United Kingdom
Awards 6 wins & 54 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Panavision Primo, Super Speed MKII, Ultra Speed MKII, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Goldcrest Post, London, UK (digital intermediate), Kodak Film Lab, London, UK (film dailies processing and transfers)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision3 200T 5213, Vision3 500T 5219)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema