Killer Joe (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection, Bug)
	Actors: Matthew McConaughey (Contact, Ed TV, Reign of Fire), Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Speed Racer), Juno Temple (Mr Nobody, Kaboom), Thomas Haden Church (Spider-man 3), Gina Gershon (Showgirls, Bound)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Black_comedy, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 04.09.2012, CITY Kino, MFFF2012
Synopsis: A family living in a trailer park calls for the services of a professional killer to perform a task that could help them improve their situation.
Review: This story of a poor family in a small town in Texas, resorting to murder to improve their life, filled with colorful characters, could have been a movie made by the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men, Fargo ...), if it weren't for the bloody and sexual violence that William Friedkin displays so well. His previous movie, Bug, was already focused on people with particular characters, ended in blood, and left me ill at ease. The movie contains violence but humor is not forgotten, in particular in the depiction of the characters and their reaction to unusual situations. Sometimes predictable, Killer Joe also lingers when you don't expect it, especially in the scenes with McConaughey who delivers a great performance. I liked the way Joe switches off a TV (or worse) when he enters in a room so that people listen to him. Thomas Haden Curch is also very good as the half-dumb father. In summary: a good and tough movie, not for the faint-hearted.
Rating: 7 /10