MOVIE REVIEW

Killer Joe / 2012

A Totally Deep-Fried Texas Redneck Trailer Park Murder Story.

6.5 / 10 (1,564 votes)

102 minutes

DIRECTOR William Friedkin

WRITERS Tracy Letts, Tracy Letts

CAST Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Marc Macaulay, Gralen Bryant Banks, Carol Sutton, Danny Epper, Jeff Galpin, Scott A. Martin, Gregory C. Bachaud, Charley Vance, Julia Adams, Lynette Zumo

PRODUCTION ANA Media, Worldview Entertainment, Voltage Pictures, Picture Perfect Corporation

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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

Killer Joe adalah sebuah Crime, Thriller, Drama yang dirilis pada tahun 2012. “A Totally Deep-Fried Texas Redneck Trailer Park Murder Story.” Film ini disutradarai oleh William Friedkin dan dibintangi oleh Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon.

Killer Joe menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, Killer Joe menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, Killer Joe adalah Crime yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 29, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

Gimly 5/10

February 6, 2017

On the one hand, Killer Joe does get better as it progresses, but on the other, it's also the first Friedkin movie I haven't loved. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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John Chard 9/10

February 7, 2019

William Friedkin serves up Trailer Trash Neo-Noir with a side order of Fried Chicken. Killer Joe is directed by William Friedkin and adapted to screenplay by Tracy Letts from his own play of the same name. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon. Music is scored by Tyler Bates and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. Plot finds Hirsch as Chris Smith, who because he is in severe debt to local thugs, hatches a plan to bump off his waster of a mother and claim the life insurance. Roping in the rest of his trailer...

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Nathan 7/10

December 1, 2022

_Killer Joe_ had the making to be a genuinely great film, but the quality control in the writing room limits the results. So much of the story works for me on a thematic and plot progression basis. I enjoyed the premise and the stakes that this movie provides, but writer Tracy Letts wrote this like it was some subversive wet dream of his as a teenager. This movie is vial, there is so much unnecessary nudity from creepy changing room shots to women's genitals being presented in full view, to soft-core pornography in the climax of the movie. I understand...

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