Synopsis
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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Cast
- Daniel RadcliffeAllen Ginsberg
- Dane DeHaanLucien Carr
- Michael C. HallDavid Kammerer
- Jack HustonJack Kerouac
- Ben FosterWilliam Burroughs
- David CrossLouis Ginsberg
- Jennifer Jason LeighNaomi Ginsberg
- Elizabeth OlsenEdie Parker
- Kyra SedgwickMarian Carr
- David RascheDean
Recommendations
- 90
The New York Times
Mr. Krokidas deftly shows how the ambition to write is entangled with other impulses. - 87
Film.com
It transcends the usual biopic limitations to tell a specific story about some well-known people with larger, universal implications. - 80
The Guardian
Though it begins as a murder-mystery, Kill Your Darlings may be best described as an intellectual moral maze, a story perfectly of its time and yet one that still resonates today. - 70
Variety
Directed with an assured sense of style that pushes against the narrow confines of its admittedly fascinating story, John Krokidas’ first feature feels adventurous yet somewhat hemmed-in. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
There’s a limber, freewheeling aspect to the storytelling that echoes the rule-breaking literary form of the Beat writers. - 60
The Telegraph
Unlike Walter Salles’s recent adaptation of On The Road, which embraced the Beat philosophy with a wide and credulous grin, Kill Your Darlings is inquisitive about the movement’s worth, and the genius of its characters is never assumed. - 58
The Playlist
Well shot and well made, Kill Your Darlings is a very competently constructed effort on a whole, but there’s an emptiness and familiarity at its core that it cannot transcend. - 50
Slant Magazine
An overmatched star and a scarcity of eccentricity sink this hip-lit origin story from director John Krokidas.
