Movie Review: “Seven Psychopaths”  Sections: Movie Review,
Movies  Print Friendly  “Seven Psychopaths” puts together a
dynamite premise, one of the year’s best casts, and a director
who’s clearly on the assent. It doesn’t quite hold together at
the end, but it’s quite audacious, and supremely entertaining
throughout.  The film is directed by Martin McDonagh, the Irish
playwright best known for directing the superlative 2008 film
“In Bruges.” The new film has a lot of similarities- Colin
Farrell in the cast, a lot of violence and creatively abusive
language and some seriously dark undercurrents.  “Seven
Psychopaths” is a Southern California crime saga that almost
certainly would’ve been accused of ripping off Quentin
Tarantino, had it been made in 1996, although Spike Jonze’s
“Adaptation” is clearly a huge influence as well.  Farrell is an
alcoholic screenwriter, fascinated with the idea of psychopathy
despite not really being one himself. His shady best friend (Sam
Rockwell) and his partner (Christopher Walke