Seven

Name: Seven
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: September 22, 1995
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman

1995

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New Line Cinema | Release Date: September 22, 1995 | R

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)

Director: David Fincher

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 127 min

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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

Roger Ebert

A dark, grisly, horrifying and intelligent thriller. Read full review

Film.com Andy Spletzer

An imaginative and disturbing work; well worth a look.

TV Guide Magazine Staff(not credited)

An accomplished thriller that's nasty, brutish and relatively short. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Noticeable skill has gone into the making of Seven, but it's hard to take much pleasure in that. Read full review

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]

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]

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Viperspider

Aug 17, 2013

This movie had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. The background music created a great atmosphere of suspense and dread. The acting was top notch, the story was creepy but incredibly interesting. I seriously have no complaints.

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kyle20ellis

Mar 10, 2022

From David Fincher, Se7en is a compelling and brilliant postmodern film noir. It is grim and disturbing but it is also very intelligent and daring. What I did love about Se7en especially is that it is incredibly stylish, beautiful dark cinematography and dazzling landscapes really do add toFrom David Fincher, Se7en is a compelling and brilliant postmodern film noir. It is grim and disturbing but it is also very intelligent and daring. What I did love about Se7en especially is that it is incredibly stylish, beautiful dark cinematography and dazzling landscapes really do add to the atmosphere. Very little of the murders are shown but we are appalled and shocked by what we hear of them, the action is tense and the climax is shattering. There is also an intelligent screenplay, a clever plot telling of a vicious serial killer who murders his victims in a gruesome way to atone for the sins(gluttony, greed, sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath)he deems them to have committed and excellent direction. The acting is also superb, Morgan Freeman gives another brilliant performance as the disillusioned detective and Brad Pitt is great as Mills in a more meatier role than he has ever done. Gwyneth Paltrow makes a small yet significant appearance as Mill's uneasy wife, while Kevin Spacey superbly delivers equally superb dialogue as John Doe despite the fact he isn't in the film much. Overall, a brilliant film, with adept performances, direction, style and ambition. 10/10 Bethany Cox… Expand

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Panapaok

Nov 11, 2014

It starts classically. Two detectives the one different from the other. Fincher brings the action immediately and we are drown into the story.

The one (Freeman) is older, wiser, well-educated and more experienced. Each and every of his lines seem to be well thought and straightforward.It starts classically. Two detectives the one different from the other. Fincher brings the action immediately and we are drown into the story.

The one (Freeman) is older, wiser, well-educated and more experienced. Each and every of his lines seem to be well thought and straightforward. Morgan Freeman plays Somerset with great intensity and calming demeanor and this is one of his best roles.

The other (Pitt) is the new guy and the classic hothead who first acts and then starts to think his actions. He is definitely a man of the action. Brad Pitt was a right choice for the role and his work is very good out of the question.

Andrew Kevin Walker, the writer, provides both of them with great and almost poetic dialogue while David Fincher, the director, fills the movie with a dark and gripping tone and he directs with a great amount of energy.

The case is a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't watched the film so I will not mention the actor's name. All I can say is the fact that he is the perfect choice for the role because he embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice.

This is one of the most dark and disturbing films of all time and definitely one of the really best. It's not a film which you will forget easily. Actually is one of the most haunting ones and it's a film which raises several questions about our society. It's simply a masterpiece.… Expand

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MovieMasterEddy

Apr 6, 2016

An intensely claustrophobic, gut-wrenching thriller about two policemen's desperate efforts to stop an ingenious serial killer whose work is inspired by the seven deadly sins, this weirdly off-kilter suspenser goes well beyond the usual police procedural or killer-on-a-rampage yarn due to aAn intensely claustrophobic, gut-wrenching thriller about two policemen's desperate efforts to stop an ingenious serial killer whose work is inspired by the seven deadly sins, 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.

David Fincher’s second feature, after Alien³, cuts against most expectations for this sort of genre piece: it’s not a buddy picture; the murders themselves are not actually depicted; and the usual gritty big-city realism has been replaced by a highly stylized, borderline-arty visual conception that greatly cranks up the psychological and physical intensity of the drama, by first-time screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker.

At the outset, world-weary veteran cop William Somerset (Freeman) and the cocky newcomer due to replace him, David Mills (Brad Pitt), can barely tolerate each other. Obliged to take the kid on his rounds, Somerset pursues an investigation of the death of an enormously obese man who appears to have exploded from eating too much.

The next day, an influential defense attorney is found gruesomely murdered, and when the words ‘Gluttony’ and ‘Greed’ are discovered, respectively, at the scenes, Somerset correctly predicts that there will be five more murders to cover sloth, pride, lust, envy and wrath.

The unidentified city in which the grisly yarn unravels is subject to heavy rain through the early days of the inquiry, which provides the first element in Fincher’s channeling of images. Virtuoso French cinematographer Darius Khondji and production designer Arthur Max have sculpted a dark, murky world, parts of which are illuminated only by flashlight and much of the rest of which is suffused in a pea-soup green that defies penetration. The film has been hand-tooled with precision and to powerful effect.

Freeman’s is a supremely nuanced, moving performance as the seasoned, bruised and solitary Somerset. This is screen acting at its best. Pitt turns in a determined, energetic, creditable job as the eager young detective. Gwyneth Paltrow gives as much human dimension as possible to her few scenes as Pitt’s sensitive, uncertain wife.

Except for a chase sequence, pic features no overt violence, but the gruesome handiwork of the killer is shown in detail, in part courtesy of special makeup effects wiz Rob Bottin.… Expand

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bfoore90

Mar 11, 2019

Watched this movie for the very first time on Netflix. Made in 1995, Se7en is David Fincher at his absolute best. A dark, enthralling and completely uncompromising psychological thriller that stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

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zNeverSleeping

Aug 28, 2019

A good one

Não é a primeira vez que vejo uma obra nesse estilo. Dois detetives com personalidades fortes e divergentes. Geralmente, um deles é mais racional do que "deveria", cético e não se contenta com o artificial, buscando sempre a profundidade. Até me lembrou a série "True Detective",A good one

Não é a primeira vez que vejo uma obra nesse estilo. Dois detetives com personalidades fortes e divergentes. Geralmente, um deles é mais racional do que "deveria", cético e não se contenta com o artificial, buscando sempre a profundidade. Até me lembrou a série "True Detective", na qual considero a primeira temporada uma obra prima. Mas diferente da série, um filme não tem tantos tempo para desenvolver os personagens, não com tanta complexidade. Seven faz isso da maneira que pode, enquanto cria um suspense e "atiça" a curiosidade pelos próprios crimes e o assassino.

Não acho que o mesmo tenha sido representado da melhor maneira, mas isso dai já é gosto pessoal, e de forma geral ele segue um padrão que talvez pra época não fosse tão "manjado".

E ah, é claro que ver Brad Pitt e Morgan Freeman no mesmo filme é sempre recompensador. Ótima atuação, como de costume. Mas isso apenas não se limita a eles. A própria atuação do indivíduo num certo crime é surpreendente.… Expand

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CharlieS.

Jan 30, 2008

Lousy and vile.

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