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- 2013
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 46 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 46 m
Summary Simon, a recent college graduate, travels to France where he falls in love with a prostitute.
Directed By: Antonio Campos
Written By: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Antonio Campos
- 2013
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 46 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 46 m
Simon Killer
63
6.5
Where to Watch
Summary Simon, a recent college graduate, travels to France where he falls in love with a prostitute.
Directed By: Antonio Campos
Written By: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Antonio Campos
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
63
61% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
63
61% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
With a dense, often impermeable style and a mentally unstable protagonist, Simon Killer is like watching the disturbed anti-hero of "Afterschool" all grown up.
The movie fares less well when the plot and Simon’s neuroses come to the surface, but there is some tremendous suspense in the movie’s final scene.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
24% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
19% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
6.5
57% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
24% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
19% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
i dunno yall, i thought it was great. liked it way more than afterschool which didn't stimulate me. i think all men are capable of simon's horrible tendencies and i walked away wanting to be a better human being by NOT being anything like simon.
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A very interesting character study that dwells deep in a dark thematic yet the pace is problematic and it cost me a lot of work to immerse myself because the character itself is not really that engaging because even thought it's a interesting disturbing individual, he's also very unlikeable but I do understand it's necessary because that's what it's ultimately portraying: a sociopath.
It was a interesting film and it's a pretty good option.
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The film has many elements of a thriller, but ultimately Antonio Campos's interest lies much more in profiling, yet never over-determining, his moody protagonist.
Simon Killer...is Campos' bleakest project, which honestly makes me fearful for the future. Still, he is a provocative one to watch — willing to push the aesthetic boundaries as well as the story to extremes even when the risks don't always pay off.
Brady Corbet is excellent as thoroughly unlikable Simon.
A relentless and largely unrewarding descent into an ostensibly personal hell.
This lushly and pretentiously made drama about a young American whose worst instincts are unleashed during a stay in Paris endeavors to entice with details of the seedy underworld of La Pigalle but is a turn-off in almost every respect.
It's funny that Simon Killer isn't good. And the Cannes should not have picked this film. It's boring and the acting is very redundant in its long runtime, we talk about great films by IFC but not this time! It's topic is very very boring- it's something we read in a book but some scenes were well acted and the story is not that good but kind of good. I think Nimord Amtal's Predators is even better.
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