The Killing of a Sacred Deer (original title). Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister. That's a good word for "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." It's a film that challenges viewers in such fascinating ways and feels so refined in its filmmaking that it's invigorating to watch.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell in Yorgos Lanthimos's latest film, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer."Credit. The Killing of a Sacred Deer starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan directed by Yorgos Lanthimos is reviewed by Christy Lemire. Read the Empire Movie review of The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. Working as a profound meditation on karma, predestination and guilt and a proper scary Working as a profound meditation on karma, predestination and guilt and a proper scary movie, this is near career-best work from all involved. The obvious lesson: Don't kill deer.

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But what if the deed is already done? Via a kind of perverse abstraction that sometimes borders on the absurd, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" concerns That said, it's hardly your conventional horror movie, and people aren't exactly running out to identify with. Read Common Sense Media's The Killing of a Sacred Deer review, age rating, and parents guide.

Parents need to know that The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a psychological horror movie about a troubled family and a kind of curse that befalls them. Taking its titular theme from the myth of Iphigenia, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a wrathful tale of retribution and On another, it's a Saw movie for the arthouse crowd, an increasingly Watch the trailer for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Colin Farrell Reunites With His Lobster Director for the Terrifying Killing of a Sacred Deer. Cannes's competition lineup is typically light on genre fare, but at a certain point in Yorgos Lanthimos's The Killing of a Sacred Deer it's abundantly clear.