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An expertly crafted noir with more on its mind than stylishly staged violence, The Killing establishes Stanley Kubrick as a filmmaker of uncommon vision and control.
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This taut crime picture was one of the earliest films in the career of Stanley Kubrick, but something of the director's voice and characteristic preoccupations are already evident here. February 5, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
This taut crime picture was one of the earliest films in the career of Stanley Kubrick, but something of the director's voice and characteristic preoccupations are already evident here.
Wendy Ide
Faultless and enjoyable. June 24, 2013 | Full Review…
Faultless and enjoyable.
David Thomson
Plotted with the kind of Swiss-watch precision and attention to detail that would eventually get Kubrick labeled Hollywood's most notorious perfectionist. August 11, 2011 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Plotted with the kind of Swiss-watch precision and attention to detail that would eventually get Kubrick labeled Hollywood's most notorious perfectionist.
Chris Nashawaty
At 27 Writer-Director Stanley Kubrick, in his third full-length picture, has shown more audacity with dialogue and camera than Hollywood has seen since the obstreperous Orson Welles went riding out of town on an exhibitors' poll. August 3, 2011 | Full Review…
At 27 Writer-Director Stanley Kubrick, in his third full-length picture, has shown more audacity with dialogue and camera than Hollywood has seen since the obstreperous Orson Welles went riding out of town on an exhibitors' poll.
[The film] at first tends to be somewhat confusing, soon settles into a tense and suspenseful vein which carries through to an unexpected and ironic windup. May 8, 2007 | Full Review…
[The film] at first tends to be somewhat confusing, soon settles into a tense and suspenseful vein which carries through to an unexpected and ironic windup.
Variety Staff
Arguably Stanley Kubrick's most perfectly conceived and executed film. May 8, 2007 | Full Review…
Arguably Stanley Kubrick's most perfectly conceived and executed film.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
With intelligent characters, a singular plot, and a practically perfect ending, it's a brilliant early entry for one of cinema's most influential directors. August 23, 2020 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
With intelligent characters, a singular plot, and a practically perfect ending, it's a brilliant early entry for one of cinema's most influential directors.
Mike Massie
The result is one of the year's freshest and most exciting crime dramas, establishing twenty-seven-year-old Stanley Kubrick as a writer-director of impressive talents. December 3, 2019 | Full Review…
The result is one of the year's freshest and most exciting crime dramas, establishing twenty-seven-year-old Stanley Kubrick as a writer-director of impressive talents.
Clyde Gilmour
The Killing (1956) is a stylish but stark film noir crime drama, and the definitive heist-caper movie - a story of greed and infidelity. The classic, dark-edged black and white film was 28 year-old writer/director Stanley Kubrick's third film September 29, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
The Killing (1956) is a stylish but stark film noir crime drama, and the definitive heist-caper movie - a story of greed and infidelity. The classic, dark-edged black and white film was 28 year-old writer/director Stanley Kubrick's third film
Tim Dirks
The first genuinely great film by Stanley Kubrick... March 15, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The first genuinely great film by Stanley Kubrick...
David Nusair
Unequivocally represents the genesis of Kubrick's insightful mindset. It is a living, breathing laboratory of precision and control. August 24, 2015 | Full Review…
Unequivocally represents the genesis of Kubrick's insightful mindset. It is a living, breathing laboratory of precision and control.
David Keyes
One of the undisputed high-water marks of the American crime film whose reverberations can still be felt in a number of ways. March 31, 2014 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
One of the undisputed high-water marks of the American crime film whose reverberations can still be felt in a number of ways.
Tim Brayton
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