The Killer Inside Me sparks controversy — with good reason
06.22.10 - 5:17 pm | Dennis Harvey |
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Oh, sheriff: Casey Affleck
It successfully translates Thompson's gambit of insinuating us into the seemingly pleasant, reasonable viewpoint of a protagonist we are then surprised to discover is psychotic and without a conscience. Offended Sundance attendees should've gotten a clue: deliberately misleading in its pulp-nostalgia trappings, this is one movie that upsets not gratuitously, but exactly as it should.
THE KILLER INSIDE ME opens Fri/25 at the Sundance Kabuki.
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