Seven Psychopaths

The Colin Farrell film fest continues with an old stereotype of the writer's blocked writer (The Shining, Adaptation) struggling to put words on a yellow pad in this case.  He reaches out to his friend played by Sam Rockwell who is only too happy to help:  he not only gives a title but starts to tell stories that should be in the movie, complete with how they should relate.  It prompts Colin Farrell to dictate the ending.

I won't give away the ending but suffice it to say the movie-within-a-movie concept (Argo) comes together well particularly with the story as an adaptable draft.  Let's try this... no, change it to that... etc.)

The plot line revolves around two lovable losers of Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken who make their living stealing dogs and holding the dogs for reward.

     "Why don't you give him back?

      "But keeping him is the whole point of kidnapping!"

But when they dognap the big mobster's fluffy dog, bad craziness ensues, as Hunter S. Thompson might say.  In fact, Duke himself might haved like this movie.

Ultimately, the movie is much more about how to weave a story together involving.... you guessed it, Seven Psychopaths, while not knowing the ending.  In that way, it was similar to Cloud Atlas, where the audience is involved in trying to figure things out, while the movie acts like it is trying to figure it out at the same time.

Directed by Martin McDonagh.  * * * 1/2

I have rented In Bruges and will review next