Synopsis
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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Cast
- Colin FarrellSteven Murphy
- Nicole KidmanAnna Murphy
- Barry KeoghanMartin Lang
- Raffey CassidyKim Murphy
- Sunny SuljicBob Murphy
- Bill CampMatthew Williams
- Alicia SilverstoneMartin's Mother
- Herb CaillouetEd Thompson (Hospital Director)
- Barry G. BernsonDr. Larry Banks
- Denise Dal VeraMary Williams
Recommendations
- 100
The Playlist
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is Lanthimos with the gloves off, and it makes the absurd, amazing “The Lobster” seem like a warm and cuddly experience by comparison. - 100
The Telegraph
When absurdism feels this wrong, you know it’s being done right. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
The rich vein of unsettling darkness and psychological unease that ripples like a treacherous underground stream beneath the absurdist humor of Yorgos Lanthimos' work becomes a brooding requiem of domestic horror in his masterfully realized fifth feature. - 90
Screen Daily
This is a ruthlessly controlled drama that achieves its powerful effect by holding back when its dramatic content is most intense. - 83
IndieWire
Fortunately, the filmmaker’s rare gift for brutal absurdity remains intact, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer only gets funnier as it grows darker. - 80
CineVue
In Farrell and Kidman, he has found two performers who are utterly willing to go the whole hog and their performances are brilliant deadpans. - 80
The Guardian
It’s an intriguing, disturbing, amusing twist on something which in many ways could be a conventional horror-thriller from the 1970s or 1980s, or even a bunny-boiler nightmare from the 90s. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
To see an unfettered nightmare like this from such an idiosyncratic director feels like a cruel treat, and a welcome stylistic stretch.
