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Seven
- Review Date: October 31, 2005
- R
- Genre: Drama
- 1995
Common Sense Media says
Grim, slick, shocking thriller. Older teens only.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this film contains graphic depictions of the aftermath of grisly murders involving the seven deadly sins. While none of this takes place on-screen, the vivid descriptions prove to be nearly as chilling. For example, an obese man is forced to eat until his stomach bursts. A man is forced to kill a prostitute by stabbing her reproductive organs with an 8-inch knife. A beauty queen's face is cut off. A lawyer must cut out his own stomach. A police officer's pregnant wife is beheaded. In the end, the line between good and evil is blurred, with evil more or less coming out on top.
What's the story?
SEVEN combines horror and film noir genres, with overconfident rookie David Mills (Brad Pitt) as the doomed detective of the noir tradition, and book veteran William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) as the desexualized, pedantic survivor familiar to slasher movie fans. The story follows the archetypal pair as they wind their way through a dark world of urban violence in search of a serial killer (Kevin Spacey). Mills and Somerset conclude that each murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins from the Bible, and that the killer is trying to preach his message of religious morality through his murders and the press they receive. Even after being willfully apprehended, the killer has one final trick up his sleeve -- a horrific gesture designed to goad Mills into crossing the line between lawful justice and sinful vengeance.
Is it any good?
Dark, disturbing and occasionally gory, Seven is a psychological thriller that, along with Chinatown, is among the bleakest films in mainstream cinema history.
The murders are not shown on screen, but the film has a morbid fascination with the pain inflicted on the victims. And it depicts a dark universe, where the lines between good and evil are blurred. There's no question that it aims to be more philosophical than other detective/horror films (namely The Silence of the Lambs). Attempts at deeper meaning might be pretentious or profound, depending on how serious you can take Brad Pitt as an actor.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about horror movies. How is this movie different than a slasher film? What makes it disturbing? Is it any less chilling because the violence is not shown on screen?
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Loving This Movie Should be a Virtue, not a Sin.
Lovely movie. I was mesmerized from beginning to end - it is sick and twisted, but tragically beautiful. Definitely a masterpiece.
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good movie
this is about the seven sins it is very good and one of brad pitts bbest movies
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Beautifully engineered killer thriller, but could be too much for kids
Seven is a very disturbing, bleak and almost catatonically depressing crime drama which has gathered director David Fincher some early directing fame, which I honestly think her deserves, solidly, because Seven is a also a very intelligent and engenously made movie, with fantastic performances from the whole cast, specifically Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey, who are both absolutely electrifying in the powerhouse ending. But, if you have a problem with sadistic violence and gore, well, yeah, your going to want to skip this, because: There are many grisly aftermaths of sadistic murders, some more brutal than others, with implied decapitations, disembowelment's, dismemberment's and more, with a crime having a explicitly sexual theme where one man is forced to kill a prostitute in one of the most disturbing ways imaginable. Still, this thriller is worthy of the master, Alfred Hitchcock, would would have loved it. That's all.
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modern day classic
great great movie, i do think this movie was the reason for saw 1 and 2, this movie is awesome, never shows the grusome deaths, its purely fantastic,even though it dosent show anything its still horryfying, expertly plotted, great acting, not reccomended for kids under 8
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Intriguing and Gross, with a Good-Bad Ending
This was a fine film. It has three novel twists which I didn't see coming. The performances are very well done. Parents: Almost all murders are off-screen, but the mutilated bodies are shown on-screen many, many times (mostly through photos repeatedly being seen). There are two startling jump scenes (one involving a corpse and another a gun); there is also an intense chase sequence which ends in injury. The ending is what prevented me from buying this. Now, it wasn't a bad ending; it was a good-bad ending. godd as in it was well-done with a good twist that took me by storm(!); the bad being it was very dark and very sad. If you don't like dark endings, this is NOT the movie for you. P.S., you'll never look at air freshners the same again!
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Interesting concept with good acting
Content flags include some strange distorted/bloodied bodies, which some people will find disturbing. Also, there is some language to contend with and the general idea of a murderer using the seven deadly sins as assassination tools will be enough to upset people.
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I honestly think if you let your 8 or 9 year old watch this movie, they won't understand it at all. The only thing they'll see is the violence, but they won't understand the psychological points in this movie, or the ending.
I say if your kids can handle Saw, & are mature enough to know what's right & wrong I say there's nothing wrong with them watching this movie.
Awsome movie by the way...
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A bleak masterpiece
Easily the best thriller of the nineties, only rivaled by the silence of the lambs, although I preferred Se7en. This film follows two homicide detectives, one young (Brad Pitt) and the other aging (Morgan Freeman), as they must track down a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his MO. This is not your typical cops vs serial killer movie. This is slow-paced, cold and disturbing. While none of the horrific murders are shown on screen, that makes it even worse, as you imagine what happened. Plus the end of this film has in my opinion, one of the most bleak, dark and depressing endings of all time. Watch this film if you still think that cinema can be an art form.
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Worth a watch
Great movie! not gonna write much on this one, but it's definitely worth the time to watch, good discussion came post watching with the people i watched it with. Got us all thinking and talking, that alone makes it a + in my book. (again, no concerns, if you even half read the back cover, you kind of know what you're in for, and shouldn't be to surprised by what you see)
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| Studio: | Warner Bros. |
| Director: | David Fincher |
| Cast: | Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Morgan Freeman |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Run time: | 127 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | January 1, 1995 |
| DVD release date: | June 7, 2001 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language. |
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