

Seven Psychopaths
They won't take any shih tzu.
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
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6.8/10
4,468 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $33M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- alcohol
- fight
- kidnapping
- gangster
- screenwriter
- black humor
- murder
- scam
- los angeles, california
- explosion
- criminal
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTUA(edited version)9 Oct 2020
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR12 Oct 2012
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical155 Dec 2012
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical15+8 Nov 2012
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+8 Nov 2012
CanadaCA
- PremiereRToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2012
- Theatrical18A12 Oct 2012
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1829 Nov 2012
AustriaAT
- Theatrical7 Dec 2012
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical30 Jan 2013
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical14 Mar 2013
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1614 Dec 2012
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical23 Nov 2012
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Seven Psychopaths was released on 12 October 2012.
Audience reviews
4- G7/10
Gimly
10/6/2018
**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…
- R6/10
r96sk
3/14/2025
<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 bein…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/26/2025
“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” (Christophe…
- B7/10
badelf
4/26/2026
**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…
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