Seven (Se7en) Reviews

... An unrelenting examination of the evil that may or may not be festering inside every one of us.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Grim, slick, shocking thriller. Older teens only.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Despite some truly fantastic work throughout the '90s and 2000s, Se7en still remains director David Fincher's best film, albeit by a very narrow margin.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

David Fincher is at the top of his form with Seven, one of the darkest, creepiest, and most brilliant serial killer pictures in American film history, far more interesting than Silence of the Lambs.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Fincher and Walker take these hackneyed ingredients, play with them in the context of a brilliantly cohesive plot, and present something consistently fresh -- and very, very dark.

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The filmmakers stick to their vision with such dedication and persistence that something indelible comes across--something ethically and artistically superior to The Silence of the Lambs that refuses to exploit suffering for fun or entertainment.

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The situation is formulaic, but director David Fincher contrives a stylish, intentionally ugly look that transcends the pulp narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

An intensely claustrophobic, gut-wrenching thriller.

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So chic, studied and murky it resembles a cross between a Nike commercial and a bad Polish art film.

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The real star of Seven, however, is the gloom and doom of the setting: an unidentified blight of a modern city.

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The most disquieting and powerful Hollywood thriller in years.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

If you think you know where the story is going, think again. This movie has an unconventional ending worthy of the anti-hero movies of the Seventies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Fincher handles the violence with sensitivity, announcing its obscenity in spoken analyses and briefly glimpsed post mortem shots, but never showing the murderous acts themselves.

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The opening credit sequence is a mini masterpiece of filmmaking.

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The angles, the faded tones, the close-ups and quick cutting to intense music were all so unusual and disconcerting I was caught off guard. I immediately felt both mesmerized and at risk. And that was just during the opening credits.

| Original Score: 3.5/4

The crime scenes are rendered in sickening detail, and the whole film has a murky, madly pretentious tone.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Both Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman give great performances in this film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

A harrowingly bleak vision that haunted me in the theatres and made my flesh slick with fear even on this recent re-viewing.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

One of the best thrillers of the '90s.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Eerie suspense film with a surprize ending that provides quite a jolt!

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