Affleck delivers an impressively chilling performance as the murderous psychopath, and the movie captures his state of mind quite well. It gets a bit problematic when it comes to Hudson and Alba, who are basically reduced to characterless pawns, and as a whole the film seems a bit aimless.

Unpleasant noir tribute boasts a chilling lead performance by Affleck, and a pair of effective and brave performances from Alba and Hudson, but film's inability to get inside the Affleck character's head results in a plot full of nonsensical motivations and unresolved ideas. Fine supporting performances by Beatty and Briscoe, and a slimy one from Koteas, but film itself wallows unnecessarily in brutal violence and bizarre sadomasochism.

When you put together three leads I do not appreciate much as good actors with very slowly paced story, the flop is ready. There was a good story under, I admit, but I did not like here anybody else but Bill Pullman, who was hardly 5-10 minutes in the very end.

a very memorable film. the soundtrack is eclectic and interesting, particularly the western swing styled %u201Cshame on you%u201D. overall a very strong cast with great performances all around. affleck%u2018s depiction of the psychotic killer is particularly stunning. not for the faint of heart as there are several graphic depictions of violence (aimed most glaringly at women)

A few extra points for being one of the darkest and most disturbing things I've seen. Casey Affleck is a cold dark motherfucker (in this film, in other films, less so).

the ending spoiled everything.

All films must have at least one character that the audience will care about. I don't care how good the acting is, how gory the violence is, how dramatic the piece is (whatever that means.) We must care about at least one character in the film or the film does: SUCK. This film sucks. The only positive aspect of this film was the fact that they got Jessica Alba to take off some of her cloths.

Wow that was bad! The only thing that really surprises is that I actually finished it. The ending was so fake that it ruined any remnant of the terrible film that was left.

This movie misses the subtlety, humor and eccentricities of the novel. The novel worked well as a peeling back of a corrupt town's shiny veneer. Lou just seems to wander through the movie. A lot of the information is told in fairly dry readings. I don't know why Alba keeps being cast as bad girls, she's just too sweet for the role of a manipulative prostitute. And there were way too many scenes of Affleck humpin'. Watch Assassination of Jesse James instead.

Casey Affleck delivers a fine performance, nuanced and extremely disturbing, but to little avail. This film is undeniably stylish, but it is also hollow, nasty and brutal. Did I forget to say that it is pretentious? Yes, it is pretentious too.

Despite sometimes overreaching into the realm of exploitation (one particularly brutal and prolonged scene and the silly ending come to mind), The Killer Inside Me remains an engaging psychological thriller and neo-noir. It's shot very well, and acted even better. I'm becoming quite convinced of Casey Affleck's chops.

With the exception of Affleck's fine performance, both the virtues and flaws of this movie mostly derive from the problems of adaptation. The dialogue, menace, and careless but brutal violence are conveyed well, but not so the increasing sense of paranoia and doom that pervades the novel. Other than the protagonist, characters tended to be stripped of the layers that the book was able to take the time to add, and the perfunctory and lacklustre ending was faithful but cinematically ill-conceived.

Just mediocre. Also, gasoline smells.

A completely pointless film that had no reason to be made. Yes, it is shocking to see a woman being pulverised as in one scene, but by itself without depth to it there is no emotional connection to this film. I spent the film both feeling bored and asking myself why this film was made.

Absolutely fantastic movie with abnormally lame ending. Too bad!

Winterbottom was able to create a strange atmosphere, using an interesting and smart narrative style : everything, from the soundtrack to Affleck's voice and Affleck himself, is slow paced, dark and quite disturbing ... and it plays on our nerves.

I didn't mind the violence, I thought it was as tasteful as possible, but it was still a misogynist mess.

If you've read the novel, you're already aware of what the film features. If you haven't, then you're in for a surprise if you decide to watch it. Do I recommend it? Only if you're not bothered by violence, and if you really enjoyed American Psycho, because the two films are similar in nature. For those of you missing the connection between those two films, I found this to be more enjoyable, as the supporting cast got more depth. I'm not sure if it's worth a watch, but it got emotion from me.

One could be boring and say that Casey Affleck's performance raises a dull film, but I actually think that Casey Affleck's performance defines the film - it is quiet, fairly passive and quite dim, frankly. Though Mr. Affleck does do what he does in this film very well...

Just couldn't sit through it.

Casey Affleck is an interesting actor. He alone lifts this film to a higher level, otherwise it would have been quite boring. I'm curious what his next project will be.

Normally I have no problems with a slow paced movie, but as neither the story nor the characters speaks to me, it is just plain right boring.

Other than Casey's peformance, there wasn't anything too special.

Boring

Interesting story that opens up a bit too quickly and just goes through the motions after that. Very brutal, which suits the movie.

Could've gotten extra poins for Alba's ass, but lost those points when Affleck beat her up.

Easily could have been better. You have Casey Affleck coming off of his break through in Jesse James, but this time around he plays a predictable part ina film that is chalked full of cliches. The violence is a bit over the top, there was no need for such graphics, the ending was visible from a mile away.Yet still Casey made this film along with Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Not Casey's best, but Alba has never looked so seductive and that is what makes this unbearable at times.

Gas that's poured all over the house, gives a smell.

Winterbottom can at times seem a bit too industrious, striking gold almost at random and shooting blanks just as often, if not more frequently. This one displays both tendencies, the good stuff being manifested in another excellent Affleck performance, fine period and location detail, great score and Alba's Oscar-worthy ass. However, the film often lacks direction and urgency and the ending is facemeltingly awful.

Pretty Alba has never been more luscious than here. The camera loves her which further the impact of the unflinching brutality to come. Amping up the sexiness and the violence, Winterbottom's take on neo-noir will inevitably divide audiences. The violence is unpleasant to watch but in my opinion doesn't subtract from the film. It's not nearly as graphic as some suggest. The storyline is simple but the details in the dense dialogue kept my attention. I liked the cast and hated the denouement.

A pretty boring, below-average movie whose characters and plot persistently failed to engage me or draw me in. Completely overrated. Weak writing fails to clearly establish who the key characters are in the opening act, and tries to dig itself out towards the end by bombarding us with several more inconsequential male supporting characters. I don't care if it's violent or not, I just want meaningful characters/story.

Looks good and well acted. However, the story and motivations of the characters are not clear, characters are inserted into the film and not developed, and it's unbelievable that are large group of characters fail to notice something in the final scene.

Nothing works here. The entire script is cliched, dull, and incoherent. The ending is idiotic.

Casey Affleck's weird voice adds, maybe unintentionally, a lot to the main character. The beating scenes were gut-wrenchingly realistic and the utilization of the period's songs were very tasteful. that's all the positive things I can say about the movie though, there is nothing really special about it. ahh, might be very appealing if you are into spanking.

Casey Affleck very much makes this film eery. He's very well picked for the part, no doubt. Several things were great, and the casting was definitely one of them. The story itself... well, not top-notch, but it keeps you awake. Oh, and the starting credits were very nice indeed, stylish, kapow!