Seven Movie Review 1995

If this grim thriller can't make you jump, you're dead, and you won't be the only one. Arrogant, ignorant detective David Mills (Pitt) is newly partnered with erudite old-timer William Somerset (Freeman) and they're stuck with the bizarre case of a morbidly obese man who was forced to eat himself to death. The weary Somerset is certain it's just the beginning and he's right--the non-buddy duo are on the trail of a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins (gluttony, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and wrath) as his modus operandi. Since most of the film is shot in dark, grimy, and unrelentingly rainy circumstances, much of the grotesqueness of the murders is left to the viewer's imagination--which will be in overdrive.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 127 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Serial Killers, Police Detectives, New York, New York, Top Grossing Films of 1995, Bloody Messages, Crime Drama, Impending Retirement, Psychotics/Sociopaths

Screenplay

Andrew Kevin Walker

Cast

Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Roundtree, John C. McGinley, Julie Araskog, Reg E. Cathey, Peter Crombie

Cinematography

Darius Khondji

Director

David Fincher

Music

Howard Shore

Producer

Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle, Dan Kolsrud, Gianni Nunnari, Anne Kopelson, New Line Cinema

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1996: Film, Most Desirable Male (Pitt), Villain (Spacey); Natl. Bd. of Review 1995: Support. Actor (Spacey); N.Y. Film Critics 1995: Support. Actor (Spacey); Broadcast Film Critics 1995: Support. Actor (Spacey).