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2016
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

2016
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

Summary As the twentieth century breathes its very last, with Britpop at its zenith, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through London’s music industry. Blithely crisscrossing the globe in search of the next megahit—fueled by greed and inhuman quantities of drugs and alcohol—Stelfox free...

Directed By: Owen Harris

Written By: John Niven

2016
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

2016
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

Kill Your Friends

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

45

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

6.1

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Summary As the twentieth century breathes its very last, with Britpop at its zenith, twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through London’s music industry. Blithely crisscrossing the globe in search of the next megahit—fueled by greed and inhuman quantities of drugs and alcohol—Stelfox free...

Directed By: Owen Harris

Written By: John Niven

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

16% Positive
3 Reviews

63% Mixed
12 Reviews

21% Negative
4 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

16% Positive
3 Reviews

63% Mixed
12 Reviews

21% Negative
4 Reviews

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The New York Times

Mar 31, 2016

A richly satisfying poison-pen letter to the music industry.

By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW

Time Out London

Mar 29, 2016

There are some genuine laughs, and the air of deep-frozen cynicism reminds you that Niven’s book was on to something behind the violence and farce.

By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

40% Positive
6 Ratings

47% Mixed
7 Ratings

13% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

40% Positive
6 Ratings

47% Mixed
7 Ratings

13% Negative
2 Ratings

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Mar 29, 2016

Steve's voiceover monologues and dealings with a detective investigating a murder are straight out of the Patrick Bateman playbook, but turning the sociopathic cynicism up to eleven tends to be ineffective unless wit and insight are included in the mix.

By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW

Oct 20, 2015

For a film about the music business, it’s interesting that Kill Your Friends sticks so faithfully to one note throughout; it’s as if Niven fears any glimpse of humanity might risk the project’s integrity, but the lack of human empathy ultimately becomes this project’s biggest handicap.

By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW

Oct 20, 2015

It's a rancid cocktail of misogyny, homophobia, and much more besides, that never convinces as scathing satire as much as back-slapping celebration.

By Ben Nicholson FULL REVIEW

The Seattle Times

Mar 31, 2016

A more disagreeable collection of cynical, backstabbing, self-aggrandizing, shallow, vicious and vile specimens of humanity gathered together in a single motion picture would be difficult to conceive of.

By Soren Andersen FULL REVIEW

Feb 26, 2016

It is Nicholas Hoult, and Nicholas Hoult only, who keeps one watching. Even here he commands the screen, and shows himself able to carry a film. Next time, perhaps it will be a good one, and not one with such a needlessly tired message.

By Christopher Schobert FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Unigram, Altitude Film Entertainment

Release Date Apr 1, 2016

Duration 1 h 43 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline Lies. Betrayal. Murder. Just another day at the office.

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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards

• 1 Nomination

British Screenwriters' Awards

• 1 Nomination

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