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The Killer Inside Me

2010
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 49m
A deputy sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Directed by:
Michael Winterbottom Michael Winterbottom
Written by:
John Curran John Curran Jim Thompson Jim Thompson
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Starring:
Kate Hudson Kate Hudson Bill Pullman Bill Pullman Simon Baker Simon Baker Elias Koteas Elias Koteas Casey Affleck Casey Affleck Ned Beatty Ned Beatty Brent Briscoe Brent Briscoe Liam Aiken Liam Aiken Tom Bower Tom Bower Jessica Alba Jessica Alba Matthew Maher Matthew Maher
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Genres:
Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime
Countries:
Canada, Sweden, UK, USA
Language:
English
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The Killer Inside Me

2010
Drama
Suspense/Thriller
1h 49m
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dean_franzDean Franz
Rated 06 Jul 2010
55
48th
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.
Rated 06 Jul 2010
paradigmaParadigma
Rated 26 Sep 2010
60
41st
Gas that's poured all over the house, gives a smell.
Rated 26 Sep 2010
evranaevrana
Rated 22 Aug 2010
69
44th
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.
Rated 22 Aug 2010
kavuKavu
Rated 29 Sep 2010
68
44th
Interesting story that opens up a bit too quickly and just goes through the motions after that. Very brutal, which suits the movie.
Rated 29 Sep 2010
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 18 Jun 2018
60
24th
Stylish & distanced neo-noir that's very unpleasant to watch in places but didn't involve me much overall. Murderous turmoil under a mask of enigmatic calm is a theme that's been done well with a variety of tones but Winterbottom's slick & direct approach didn't establish enough depth to raise its ideas much above cliche for me. Portrayal of the killer's relationships with his victims felt too superficial & one-sided to work as the core of the story. Precision crafted but left me kinda cold.
Rated 18 Jun 2018
andreasthauAndreasThau
Rated 02 Aug 2010
65
50th
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!
Rated 02 Aug 2010
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 15 Mar 2011
60
49th
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.
Rated 15 Mar 2011
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 18 Aug 2010
6
34th
Another book adaptation which falters under misguided direction. Winterbottom's inept uninvolving allusion to Ford's motivations and inner demons he's supposedly negotiating flew right over my head. The film is aptly shot and Affleck could make a career out of playing mischievous, conniving rats, but in the end, I just didn't care. Watch 'American Psycho' or 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' instead.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
tomhetTomhet
Rated 27 Jun 2016
4
43rd
A couple of women get the ever-loving shit kicked out of them.
Rated 27 Jun 2016
billkerwinbillkerwin
Rated 14 Feb 2011
68
10th
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.
Rated 14 Feb 2011
djrossdjross
Rated 26 Jan 2011
65
71st
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 tend to be stripped of the layers that the book was able to take the time to add, and the perfunctory and lacklustre ending is faithful but cinematically ill-conceived.
Rated 26 Jan 2011
brellbrell
Rated 27 Jul 2021
20
16th
your kink is not my kink. it's also not okay though
Rated 27 Jul 2021
mikeparasolmikeparasol
Rated 13 Jun 2010
76
51st
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.
Rated 13 Jun 2010
kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Feb 2010
70
65th
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.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
td888td888
Rated 09 Sep 2010
50
41st
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.
Rated 09 Sep 2010
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 20 Sep 2010
55
7th
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.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
matthew_parkinsonMatthew Parkinson
Rated 23 Dec 2011
60
62nd
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.
Rated 23 Dec 2011
cinematicespCinematicESP
Rated 04 Nov 2010
83
62nd
I respect it more for the performances and tone than actually getting anything intellectual or emotional out of it. Affleck normalizes his character's psychosis in a way that's both fun and hard to watch. Elias Koteas is hilarious, and Bill Pullman is almost unrecognizable. The muted cinematography is also noteworthy.
Rated 04 Nov 2010
joojooJooJoo
Rated 24 Oct 2010
2
16th
A talented and watchable turd topped off by what might by the worst ending I've ever seen.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
camcleodCAMcleod
Rated 13 Oct 2011
30
14th
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...
Rated 13 Oct 2011
luthar15luthar15
Rated 01 Jan 2011
4
28th
valenzettiValenzetti
Rated 16 Dec 2010
84
68th
Winterbottom thankfully steps beyond the pulp to make a movie about the nature of fictions (he knows what he likes) and the decidedly harsh, non-lyrical (often implied) violence that emerges out of their inevitable collisions and reshapings. I didn't follow entirely at first, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense, and I think it would continue to do so with a rewatch. I'm not sure that the fiction is worth the violence, though, so it may only have won a Pyrrhic victory.
Rated 16 Dec 2010
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 20 Feb 2011
59
17th
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.
Rated 20 Feb 2011
publiusdPubliusD
Rated 30 Dec 2011
65
13th
I didn't mind the violence, I thought it was as tasteful as possible, but it was still a misogynist mess.
Rated 30 Dec 2011
rttntomatoesrttntomatoes
Rated 06 Jan 2014
54
27th
The Killer Inside Me is stylish and beautifully shot, but Michael Winterbottom's distance from his characters robs this often brutally violent film of crucial emotional context.
Rated 06 Jan 2014
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 05 Mar 2011
58
47th
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.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
hologramhologram
Rated 07 Aug 2013
65
12th
I don't enjoy watching Jessica Alba being beaten to death. Most uncomfortable a movie has made me since Irreversible. Give credit to a film that makes you feel something even it's not pleasant.
Rated 07 Aug 2013
mansbridgeMansbridge
Rated 21 Nov 2011
73
35th
Absolutely fantastic movie with abnormally lame ending. Too bad!
Rated 21 Nov 2011
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 23 Oct 2016
60
20th
I kinda checked out at the point where I thought the movie was over and the credits were about to roll and when I checked it turned out it had almost 25 minutes left to go. It was pretty cool and interesting for the first half or so, but it gradually started to poke at my suspension of disbelief, until by the time the fifth person had been killed in this dude's incomprehensible plan to get out of town or something, it was actively getting on my nerves.
Rated 23 Oct 2016
phaedrusphaedrus
Rated 10 Jan 2011
70
78th
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).
Rated 10 Jan 2011
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 11 Dec 2010
83
83rd
i love hearing how he justifies everything that he does. really makes me think that the only difference between some actual serial killers and a regular person is follow through. anyway, it's a pretty damned good movie
Rated 11 Dec 2010
astrakhanastrakhan
Rated 12 Jun 2010
72
24th
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.
Rated 12 Jun 2010
rthornhillrthornhill
Rated 18 May 2011
94
89th
a very memorable film. the soundtrack is eclectic and interesting, particularly the western swing styled shame on you. overall a very strong cast with great performances all around. afflecks 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)
Rated 18 May 2011
agentsnipeAgentSnipe
Rated 30 Dec 2010
80
67th
The whole thing is very slow-moving and has kind of a strange ending, but the movie is okay overall. Casey Affleck is pretty good as a quiet psychopath.
Rated 30 Dec 2010
pavementsawpavementSAW
Rated 15 Feb 2011
68
9th
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.
Rated 15 Feb 2011
wayofthegunwayofthegun
Rated 29 Nov 2010
75
54th
One of the more twisted movies I've seen; it's difficult to watch at times.
Rated 29 Nov 2010
gideonGideon
Rated 30 Jan 2011
2
59th
Just mediocre. Also, gasoline smells.
Rated 30 Jan 2011
coheedCoheed
Rated 19 May 2011
40
14th
A completely pointless film that had no reason to exist. 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.
Rated 19 May 2011
joeliusJoelius
Rated 07 Jan 2011
7
4th
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.
Rated 07 Jan 2011
snazzSnazz
Rated 12 Sep 2010
40
16th
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.
Rated 12 Sep 2010
metzmetz
Rated 14 Jun 2011
30
17th
Just couldn't sit through it.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
gursuGursu
Rated 28 Oct 2010
1
20th
The film had a certain atmosphere which was strengthened by Affleck's ample weirdness. (You'll know what I mean if you have seen him in Jesse James.) The eroticism was interesting but, unlike some good films (like Secretary), it didn't have a further meaning, nor did it add depth to the characters. The story is pretty flat too, just one gruesome event following another, and it is most clumsily developed, with a joke of an ending. Barely watchable but very forgettable.
Rated 28 Oct 2010
njoynJoy
Rated 01 Oct 2010
69
49th
Could've gotten extra poins for Alba's ass, but lost those points when Affleck beat her up.
Rated 01 Oct 2010
nathan_sNathan S
Rated 25 Jan 2011
3
45th
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.
Rated 25 Jan 2011
jack_parsonsjack parsons
Rated 29 Sep 2010
6
27th
Other than Casey's peformance, there wasn't anything too special.
Rated 29 Sep 2010
paxtonPaxton
Rated 20 Sep 2023
35
6th
Michael Frostass keeps it interesting until they start working out how to getaway with everything and while I was starting to check out I remember a scene in a car with two guys talking about all things previous and it went on for what felt like forever. If you're going to get people to the edge of their seat with horrific violence alone, than you can't have a twenty minute scene of two bozos pontificating in an unmoving car. It's the rules. I didn't make them, but I also don't break them.
Rated 20 Sep 2023
axleblazeaxleblaze
Rated 10 Jun 2012
50
12th
Just felt kind of pointless and did not justify it's horrific violence in the least. There was potential here but Winterbottom just isn't skilled enough to pull it off.
Rated 10 Jun 2012
jordanchasejordanchase
Rated 08 Feb 2023
70
30th
08.02.2023 Kartal, İstanbul.
Rated 08 Feb 2023
begoniabolbegoniabol
Rated 30 Oct 2010
32
33rd
Bland, boring movie. Sex scene after sex scene, which were so uninteresting I almost fell asleep and rolled my eyes everytime a new one showed (which was like all the time). Affleck isn't bad to look at though. This movie is so forgetable, totally unoriginal and quite predictable. And what's so interesting about a naked Alba :/
Rated 30 Oct 2010
kusanagiKusanagi
Rated 11 Apr 2012
75
48th
A poor man's American Psycho.
Rated 11 Apr 2012
judge_holdenJudge Holden
Rated 26 Aug 2010
3
32nd
Nothing works here. The entire script is cliched, dull, and incoherent. The ending is idiotic.
Rated 26 Aug 2010
dst7175dst7175
Rated 28 Sep 2010
20
12th
Boring
Rated 28 Sep 2010
slantmagSlantMag
Rated 20 Oct 2010
25
61st
"The result isn't drama so much as a waking nightmare of play-acting and predestined doom." - Bill Weber
Rated 20 Oct 2010
armondwhiteArmondWhite
Rated 01 Dec 2010
1
0th
Winterbottom is in Mike Figgis mode, offering grossly violent filmnoir clichés, made of punching-bag-face make-up, gratuitous sex and Dark Knight nihilism...
Rated 01 Dec 2010
mandymandy
Rated 17 Aug 2012
5
18th
The film held my attention - Casey Affleck was convincing in the role and there was a dark, small town mentality to the whole thing. However there was nothing likeable or worthy about it -in fact I found the way the females are portrayed as highly objectionable.
Rated 17 Aug 2012
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 06 Dec 2012
91
91st
Casey Affleck is a mild mannered lawman but turns out to have a terrible dark side and no conscience. Murder and mayhem follows. Completely unexpected, unintuitive, and at times unconvincing. The exterior of this man is completely at odds with his interior. Jessica Alba plays a bad girl blinded by passion. Kate Hudson was also terrific. Awesome cast. Good music. A serial killer policeman is a terrifying concept.
Rated 06 Dec 2012
jakeaestheteJakeAesthete
Rated 09 Oct 2010
87
87th
Admittedly, this is less great as some "inspired piece of art" per se than simply as an expertly crafted work from some of the best cinematic artists working in their fields today (Affleck, Winterbottom, Curran, and Zyskind). In that sense, it doesn't feel like one of Winterbottom's more ambitious or personal films, but as a beautifully crafted, genre-bending "thriller" it almost ranks up there with I Want You, and also as his most direct 1970s homage (think Badlands meets Taxi Driver?)
Rated 09 Oct 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 11 May 2016
60
63rd
okay
Rated 11 May 2016
ribcageribcage
Rated 14 Jul 2013
51
27th
exchanges gritty for boring. if there was a "message" with any meaning to this it clearly went right over my head. casey aflfleck ain't half bad though.
Rated 14 Jul 2013
tvfilm_hubTV+Film-Hub
Rated 06 Jan 2011
4
22nd
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.
Rated 06 Jan 2011
aceysaid10AceySaid10%
Rated 24 Dec 2010
85
86th
A Wild Bunch production.
Rated 24 Dec 2010
blacknwhiteblackNwhite
Rated 25 Oct 2011
70
12th
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.
Rated 25 Oct 2011
jordanligejordanlige
Rated 04 Oct 2010
100
51st
cool western movie 10 out of 10
Rated 04 Oct 2010
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
80
50th
What I saw was a meditative thriller which will tire some with its dawdling pacing, while revolting others with its flickers of shocking cruelty. However for the less delicate among us, Winterbottom's incendiary film is a smart, enthralling modern incarnation of classic noir elements, playing upon them in ways not constrained as they were in the genre's heyday, tackling murky human subjects without the safety net of moral codes or Hays codes.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
wwallce4prezWWallce4prez
Rated 11 Jun 2016
55
18th
More pointless and hateful than Winterbottom probably intended. There are better looks inside a psychopath's head, and with less hate toward women.
Rated 11 Jun 2016

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