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Universal acclaim- based on 204 Ratings

  • Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman
  • Summary: Two New York City detectives (Pitt, Freeman) find themselves on the trail of a vicious serial killer that chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins. (New Line Cinema)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Reviewed by: Staff(not credited)
    90
    This weirdly off-kilter suspenser goes well beyond the usual police procedural or killer-on-a-rampage yarn due to a fine script, striking craftsmanship and a masterful performance by Morgan Freeman.
  2. Reviewed by: Andy Spletzer
    80
    An imaginative and disturbing work; well worth a look.
  3. Reviewed by: Sean Means
    60
    Watching Seven is like cracking open a safe, only to find it crawling with eels
  4. Not even bags of body parts, a bitten-off tongue or a man forced to cut off a pound of his own flesh keep it from being dull. [22 September 1995, p. C18]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 56
  2. Negative: 6 out of 56
  1. "Se7en" is a disturbing movie because of everything the movie pertains. From powerful performances by Freeman and Pitt to the creepy Spacey, the dialogue was also a intelligently written one too. Although the story may be hard to follow or understand, "Se7en" is a masterpiece, the godfather of all crime thrillers. Expand
  2. A true original. Great acting from Pitt; probably the role that launched him into the bigshot he is today. The whole thing is creepy. It's not meant to be Saw. Man, people are dumb. Expand
  3. RDalvi
    7
    Certainly not dull but is incredibly slow. Some sequences test your patience. But good performances and a surprise end succeed in keeping your interest. Spacey is brilliant in his small role as John Doe. Morgan freeman gives a great performance and Brad pitt is cool. Gwyneth Paltrow is sexy as well as gives a good performance. Expand
  4. It was ok. I was suprised by Pitt though, He was bad in the film. Some serious over acting by him and it ruins quite a few scenes (mainly the ending). Freeman was ok in it, Rather generic considering his other performances. Spacey was great though, Super creepy in his role and he played it perfectly. Overall though the entire plot was too straight forward and really had no imagination to it. Seriously overrated imo. Expand

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