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Seven (Se7en)

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 22 critic reviews
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Based on 48 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Andrew Kevin Walker
Directed by: David Fincher
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 22, 1995
DVD: December 19, 2000
Running Time: 123 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language
Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, and Gwyneth Paltrow
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)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Variety Staff(not credited)
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.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
It's intriguing, appalling, savvy, nasty, grossly unsettling -- you may not like what you see, but you'll definitely be affected by the sight.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A dark, grisly, horrifying and intelligent thriller.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
One can already tell that this film is on to something special during the opening credits.
Read Full Review >Film.com Andy Spletzer
An imaginative and disturbing work; well worth a look.
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Placing style above coherence, Seven glosses over plot points and shows a weakness for cheap, lurid effects.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
While Seven lacks the cleverness of the superior "Usual Suspects," it's strong enough to hold its own against most other thrillers.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This homicide thriller has a tantalizingly morbid atmosphere of unease.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
A decidedly medieval enterprise, darker in text and tone than a Gothic cathedral by the light of the moon.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
It's not the identity of the killer that gives Seven its kick -- it's the way Fincher raises mystery to the level of moral provocation.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Noticeable skill has gone into the making of Seven, but it's hard to take much pleasure in that.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
A gruesome detective-thriller about a serial killer who ices egregious offenders of the seven deadly sins, portends an unpalatable combination of formulaic writing and unmitigated nastiness.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff(not credited)
An accomplished thriller that's nasty, brutish and relatively short.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
It's a misfire--but a fascinating, magnetic misfire, a film full of first-rate talents forced into absurdity, struggling to bring believability to nonsense. [22 September 1995, Friday, p. C]
USA Today Mike Clark
Director David Fincher shovels on more gloom than even the serial killer genre can sustain in the murkily moody, but self-defeating, Seven.
Read Full Review >Film.com Sean Means
Watching Seven is like cracking open a safe, only to find it crawling with eels
Time Richard Schickel
It is very tiresome peering through the gloom trying to catch a glimpse of something interesting, then having to avert one's eyes when it turns out to be just another brutally tormented body.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
A style so chic, studied and murky it resembles a cross between a Nike commercial and a bad Polish art film.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
While the premise is intriguing, the movie is gluey, bumbling and singularly un-thrilling.
Read Full Review >Film.com John Hartl
This could be the year's most pretentious Hollywood film.
The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
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]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 48 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Clif C. gave it an8:
Some moments were useless and sometimes boring. But the acting is really good and the end of the movie is simple, yes, but great.
Alex L gave it a0:
The movie is so self indulgent and preachy that it forgets to even name the place it takes place, let alone develop its cliche characters. The people who gave it a 10 were too busy enjoying the blood and Brad Pitts bad acting to notice the lack of story.
Mack gave it a10:
One of my favorite movies. Great acting (one of Morgan Freeman's best) and an amazing atmosphere. I get sucked in every time.
Rita D. gave it a10:
Best film ever, in my view. This is at least in part because it had the courage to deliver a totally unsentimental and bleak ending.
Drenda L. gave it a10:
How this movie is only a 65 is beyond me. One of the greatest films of all time. Seriously.
Tom L. gave it a10:
Fincher at his best, he crafts Se7en into a relentlessly damning thriller that leaves you on the edge of your seat to the very end. But the fact that he manages to do this without having to show much graphic violence is what separates this film from others in the genre. Even if you think this movie is too dark, it still manages to shake you to your core. And there's no denying that.
Igor V. gave it a10:
The Best what I seen before.
