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The Vicious Kind

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A man tries to break up his brother and his new girlfriend and becomes infatuated with her.

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The Vicious Kind

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Manohla Dargis New York Times 02/11/2010
2/5
The characters spend far too much time working through their problems with drama-deadening directness. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Time Out 02/10/2010
3/5
It's the sort of Sundance-approved movie that takes place in a stereotypically bleak rural locale, while an acoustic guitar twangs mournfully over the soundtrack. Go to Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 12/14/2009
Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera. Go to Full Review Brian Orndorf DVDTalk.com 03/01/2010
D+
Vicious Kind doesn't have much in the way of new corners to offer the domestic disturbance genre, resulting in a film greatly dedicated to misery, but offers no tangible reason why anyone outside of the filmmaker should care. Go to Full Review Pam Grady Boxoffice Magazine 12/18/2009
4/5
What lifts this trenchant dramedy out of the ordinary are Krieger's ear for dialogue and Adam Scott's breakthrough performance as a family's black sheep seemingly intent on earning that bad rap. Go to Full Review Aaron Hillis L.A. Weekly 12/14/2009
Inevitably, the film devolves into weepy catharsis, but with slick cinematography and colorfully cruel dialogue for Scott to chew up and spit at every member of this fine ensemble. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Lying I 08/25/2024 Basically a movie that makes you feel dirty for watching it because the characters except one are all terrible people. Tries to be deep and send a bigger message but in the end literally all it’s about is a ho* girlfriend, a POS brother and a bad dad. Literally that’s it. And a nice guy getting screwed over, See more 10/02/2021 Really dark but Adam Scott is sneakily excellent in every single one of his roles 3.4 See more 03/16/2016 Ugh. Simmons and Scott elevate some of the most generic and boringly undramatic indie bullshit I've seen in a while. See more 03/31/2015 Adam scott proves he can play serious, even though hes playing a dick which is what he does best. This is one of the movies where i like the story but the characters just make some choices i cant relate to which makes it less believable. we also have an unlikable protagonist so there's nobody to root for. I was still engaged the whole time and appreciated a lot of it even though its not fun. See more 12/08/2014 Misogynist arsehole worship See more 09/28/2014 Adam Scott is incredible and the movie itself is really really good. It's a must see for anyone movie buff. See more Read all reviews
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Lee Toland Krieger

Director

Adam Scott

Caleb Sinclaire

Brittany Snow

Emma Gainsborough

Alex Frost

Peter Sinclaire

J.K. Simmons

Donald Sinclaire

Vittorio Brahm

J.T.
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man tries to break up his brother and his new girlfriend and becomes infatuated with her.
Director
Lee Toland Krieger
Producer
Tim Harms
Screenwriter
Lee Toland Krieger
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexuality)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m
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