The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Such a frustrating disappointment

Must See Movie...

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's possible the reason this 'sacred deer' reached the screen is because the producer was the writer and director so, had a hand in paying himself to make it. If it wasn't so narcissistically ugly it may have been laughable but, we are even robbed of that possibility. With this and other over the top movies, the Greeks seem to have embarked on a wave of 'weird' movie making and are unleashing their somewhat demented psychology on an unwilling world. For this pseudo physiological mess, Yorgos Lanthimos has convinced Nicole Kidman to repeat her demeaning role from one of Kubrick's most overrated works: 'Eyes Wide Shut'. She allows herself once more to be 'used' as an onscreen whore (at her stage in life, she might begin to ask if she really needs the money that badly) So much of Lanthimos 's dialog comes across as written by someone who might have sadly been the victim of a paedophile or perhaps could himself be borderline(?) His obsession with body hair, menstruation and masturbation are a little too obvious to be quite healthy - one repugnant situation follows another in this unbelievably sordid assault on the hapless viewer. He and Cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis's compositions strive so hard to look unconventional - they actually begin to look foolishly like copycat Kubrick shots -that in themselves, have now been so overused as to become 'conventional '-- By constantly using wide angle lenses, his subjects are often so far away it appears as if the surroundings are meant to be the focus of the scene (which turns out not to be the case) This sexual/horror mumbo-jumbo will please those who think they are smarter than the average viewer, therefore, able to work out (read into...) all those 'symbolic' red herrings that often resemble the writers own bent reality. If you don't happen to be one of those 'intelligent' few, then for the good of your wellbeing, stay well away.Note: if Australian Foxtel continues to allow Ms Pomeranz to hysterically host these borderline-titles under the banner of 'Masterpieces' they should not be surprised if they might just begin to see an increase in contract cancellations. Also, this movie is certainly more than an MA rating with a simple 'A' (adult themes) Was the classifier so bored they did not take in the nudity, language and violence...or were they asleep? (as many viewers are likely to be)

This movie I had high hopes for given the actors but it was just strange and didn't make a lot of sense. First off....are there really families like this? They seem cold and detached. Secondly why would you not call the police???? Why would you sacrifice your own child?? UNREALISTIC!!! Don't waste your time.

Don't waste your time on watchings this failed wannabe art film. A complete waste of two hours of my life

I understand this film is a modern day portrayal of Greek mythology and the stilted nature characters and character portrayal is (I believe) meant to bring the story to the fore in arthouse fashion.Regardless, I found the execution of this adapted tale as a whole, coupled with it's incongruous soundtrack didn't really do it for me.As scenes repeated (some of which you may struggle to see the relevance of) I found myself researching Iphigenia and the ancient story on which this film is based on my phone. It may be more artistic than I was willing to entertain at the time of viewing, but the relentlessly cold nature of the characters made disconnection inevitable. It is about this point I realised (and you will too) there will never be any modern-day rationale or logical closure in the sense that a more viewer friendly film would put forward, even one portraying an ancient mythological happening.I didn't ask for a reward when I started watching this film, and certainly none was offered.