A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
"They won't take any shih tzu."
Top Billed Cast
Colin Farrell
Marty Faranan
Sam Rockwell
Billy Bickle
Woody Harrelson
Charlie Costello
Christopher Walken
Hans Kieslowski
Olga Kurylenko
Angela
Tom Waits
Zachariah Rigby
Abbie Cornish
Kaya
Michael Stuhlbarg
Tommy
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
G GimlyVerified TMDB Critic
2018-10-06
**The following is a long form review that I originally wrote in 2012.**
The movie is incredibly convoluted, so it's hard to know what to say that definitely won't end up being a spoiler, so maybe it would be better if I just stuck to talking about the actors, as it's a crazy bunch of them for McDonagh to bring together.
Don't believe the trailer, and certainly don't believe the posters. _Seven Psychopaths_ has nothing to do with either of them.
Olga Kurylenko (_Max Payne, Quantum of Solace_) is shamefully under-used, but at least Martin McDonagh acknowledges that his film's female ch...
R r96skVerified TMDB Critic
2025-03-14
<em>’Seven Psychopaths’</em> didn’t quite do it for me. It’s not far adrift from being a good movie, I just wasn’t able to connect to it in the end. It kinda has similar issues that I found with this director’s previous film, <em>’In Bruges’</em>; it’s better than that one, mind. The comedy is lacklustre and the cast don’t feel at their best.
Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson being in the same flick is a recipe for success, so I am disappointed to say that I didn’t rate this one. The story has some solid moments and in summary is intri...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2025-06-26
“Marty” (Colin Farrell) has an idea for a great screenplay, but thus far has only come up with a title. Hungover, as usual, he’s chatting with his pal “Billy” (Sam Rockwell) who is just full of ideas for his psychopathic characters but hates to impose on his creatively constipated buddy. Now “Billy”, aside from having a vivid imagination, is also involved in a cunning wheeze with the cravat wearing “Hans” (Christopher Walken) that involves a bit of high-end schnauzer snaffling! Yep - they dognap! It’s when he turns up to visit the suitably bemused “Marty” with a perfect...
B badelfVerified TMDB Critic
2026-04-26
**Seven Psychopaths (2012)**
_Directed by Martin McDonagh_
This is pure fun, a twisted crime comedy with an all-star cast firing on all cylinders. Colin Farrell plays a struggling screenwriter named Marty trying to finish his script "Seven Psychopaths" while his friends Billy (Sam Rockwell) and Hans (Christopher Walken) run a dog-kidnapping scheme that goes sideways when they steal a gangster's (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. The plot is twisted in more ways than one, folding back on itself as the real-life chaos becomes material for Marty's screenplay.
