The Vicious Kind (2008)
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70% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(1,800 ratings)
Untrusting of women following a bitter breakup on the eve of Thanksgiving, a misanthropic construction worker finds himself inexplicably attracted to his younger brother's new girlfriend. Caleb Sinclaire (Adam Scott) has just been through a particularly difficult breakup. Isolated, yet strangely… More Untrusting of women following a bitter breakup on the eve of Thanksgiving, a misanthropic construction worker finds himself inexplicably attracted to his younger brother's new girlfriend. Caleb Sinclaire (Adam Scott) has just been through a particularly difficult breakup. Isolated, yet strangely contented with his newly single status, Caleb wears his distain toward women as a macho badge of honor. However, when Thanksgiving weekend arrives and Caleb meets his younger brother Peter's (Alex Frost) new girlfriend, Emma (Brittany Snow), his initial attempts to convince his sibling that the relationship will yield nothing but pain are quickly sidelined by his growing attraction to the beautiful girl. His vulnerability gradually bubbling to the surface over the course of the holiday weekend, Caleb is soon forced to confront the feelings that he's been trying so desperately to conceal beneath a swaggering facade. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lee Toland Krieger
- Written By
- Lee Toland Krieger
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- 72nd Street Productions
Critic Reviews
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times
The characters spend far too much time working through their problems with drama-deadening directness.
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Nick Schager, Time Out New York
It's the sort of Sundance-approved movie that takes place in a stereotypically bleak rural locale, while an acoustic guitar twangs mournfully over the soundtrack.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Indie drama reveals talent in front of and behind the camera.
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
The Vicious Kind upends the heavily tread dysfunctional family drama in ways that are unique, surprising and memorable.
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Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com
Vicious Kind doesn't have much in the way of new corners to offer the domestic disturbance genre, resulting in a film greatly dedicated to misery, but offers no tangible reason why anyone outside of the filmmaker should care.
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Cast
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Brittany Snow
as Emma Gainsborough
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Adam Scott
as Caleb Sinclaire
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J.K. Simmons
as Donald Sinclaire
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Alex Frost
as Peter Sinclaire
- Alysia Reiner
- Bill Buell
- Jordan Berkow
- Kate Krieger
- Vittorio Brahm

