Simon Killer

Name: Simon Killer
Genre: Drama
Released: April 5, 2013
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Brady Corbet, Constance Rousseau, Lila Salet, Mati Diop, Michaël Abiteboul

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IFC Films | Release Date: April 5, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Brady Corbet, Constance Rousseau, Lila Salet, Mati Diop, Michaël Abiteboul, Solo

Summary: Simon, a recent college graduate, travels to France where he falls in love with a prostitute.

Director: Antonio Campos

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Feb 10, 2013

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. Read full review

Chris Klimek

Apr 2, 2013

If Simon Killer's tragic drift is predictable, the seedy particulars still engross. And the storytelling is first-rate. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 5, 2013

Writer-director Antonio Campos, making excellent use of the queasy rhythms of a percussive musical score, keeps piling up the dread as we wonder just how dangerous Simon can be to the women who keep taking pity on him. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Apr 11, 2013

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. Read full review

The Guardian Henry Barnes

Apr 15, 2013

Brady Corbet is excellent as thoroughly unlikable Simon. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Feb 10, 2013

Considering how graphic Campos is willing to be, "restrained" may not the right word for his approach, and yet Simon Killer withholds so much that some amount of frustration is sure to follow. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Feb 10, 2013

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. Read full review

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niborrednax

May 2, 2013

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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Adamant

Jun 1, 2014

The movie's icky, seedy main character is it's greatest strength. Overall, somewhat entertaining and visually cool sometimes but for the most part feels like a hidden camera on someone who is a bad person and is getting away with it.

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JLuis_001

Aug 15, 2018

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 unlikeableA 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.… Expand

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Thegodfatherson

Apr 14, 2013

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 scenesIt'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.… Expand

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