

Killer Joe
A Totally Deep-Fried Texas Redneck Trailer Park Murder Story.
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
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6.5/10
1,650 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $4.6M
- Language
- English
- trailer park
- gun
- psychopath
- texas
- deal
- dark comedy
- money
- arson
- sexual humiliation
- lingerie
- drugs
- police detective
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival10 Mar 2012
- TheatricalNC-1727 Jul 2012
- PhysicalRDVD21 Dec 2012
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1829 Jun 2012
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical6 Feb 2014
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+7 Jun 2012
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 2011
- Theatrical18A10 Aug 2012
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1626 Sept 2012
BrazilBR
- Theatrical188 Mar 2013
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical156 Nov 2012
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD21 Apr 2021
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1610 Aug 2012
FranceFR
- Theatrical125 Sept 2012
GermanyDE
- Theatrical181 Jul 2012
Frequently asked questions
Killer Joe was released on 7 June 2012.
Audience reviews
3- G5/10
Gimly
2/6/2017
On the one hand, Killer Joe does get better as it progresses, but on the other, it's also the first Friedkin movie I haven't loved. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
- J9/10
John Chard
2/7/2019
William Friedkin serves up Trailer Trash Neo-Noir with a side order of Fried Chicken. Killer Joe is directed by William Friedkin and adapted to screenplay by Tracy Letts from his own play of the same name. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gershon. Music is scored by Tyler Bates and cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. Plot finds Hirsch as Chris Smith, who because…
- N7/10
Nathan
12/1/2022
_Killer Joe_ had the making to be a genuinely great film, but the quality control in the writing room limits the results. So much of the story works for me on a thematic and plot progression basis. I enjoyed the premise and the stakes that this movie provides, but writer Tracy Letts wrote this like it was some subversive wet dream of his as a teenager. This movie is vial, there is so much unnecessary nudity fro…
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