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Seven

Original title: Se7en
  • 1995
  • 12
  • 2h 7m
IMDb RATING
8.6/10
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Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey in Seven (1995)
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Cop DramaHard-boiled DetectivePolice ProceduralPsychological DramaPsychological ThrillerSerial KillerTragedyCrimeDramaMystery

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

  • Director
    • David Fincher
  • Writer
    • Andrew Kevin Walker
  • Stars
    • Morgan Freeman
    • Brad Pitt
    • Kevin Spacey
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    1.9M
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    122
    2
    • Director
      • David Fincher
    • Writer
      • Andrew Kevin Walker
    • Stars
      • Morgan Freeman
      • Brad Pitt
      • Kevin Spacey
    • 2.1KUser reviews
    • 180Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #20
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 29 wins & 44 nominations total

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    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Somerset
    Brad Pitt
    Brad Pitt
    • Mills
    Kevin Spacey
    Kevin Spacey
    • John Doe
    Andrew Kevin Walker
    Andrew Kevin Walker
    • Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
    • (as Andy Walker)
    Daniel Zacapa
    Daniel Zacapa
    • Detective Taylor at First Murder
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    • Tracy
    John Cassini
    John Cassini
    • Officer Davis
    Bob Mack
    • Gluttony Victim
    Peter Crombie
    Peter Crombie
    • Dr. O'Neill
    Reg E. Cathey
    Reg E. Cathey
    • Dr. Santiago
    R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
    • Police Captain
    George Christy
    George Christy
    • Workman at Door of Somerset's Office
    Endre Hules
    Endre Hules
    • Cab Driver
    Hawthorne James
    Hawthorne James
    • George the Night Guard at the Library
    William Davidson
    • First Guard at the Library
    • (as Roscoe Davidson)
    Bob Collins
    • Second Guard at the Library
    Jimmy Dale Hartsell
    • Library Janitor
    Richard Roundtree
    Richard Roundtree
    • Talbot
    • Director
      • David Fincher
    • Writer
      • Andrew Kevin Walker
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    Summary

    Reviewers say 'Se7en' is a gripping, unsettling thriller. Praised for David Fincher's dark direction, strong performances by Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Spacey, and its complex plot. Its shocking ending and moral ambiguity are noted. Critics find it bleak and violent, with discomfort over graphic content. Despite this, it's recognized for its genre impact and deep reflection on morality.
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    Featured reviews

    10Sleepin_Dragon

    An out and out classic.

    A retiring Detective and a young rookie are hunting down a serial killer, a killer with a dark MO, murdering his victims using the seven deadly sins.

    As I watch this, it's coming up to its thirtieth anniversary, and it's as fresh now as it was back in 1995, it's an intensely macabre take, crimes that are infinitely macabre and depraved, and intensely twisted.

    The combination of Freeman and Pitt is incredible, they work immensely well together, we have the fresh zest of Mills, and the unshakable, but battle weary Somerset. Paltrow and Spacey are excellent in support.

    Two hours flashed past, there is no lull, no moment to switch off and boil the kettle, the intensity is immediate, the pacing designed to keep you glued.

    I have always thought there is a shade of Alfred Hitchcock about this movie, such is the intelligence of the plot.

    Very good visuals, the macabre and gruesome bodies look shocking still, nothing is spared or hidden away.

    10/10.
    10Boba_Fett1138

    Dark and disturbing thriller that will stay with you for ever.

    Rarely there has been a movie with such a good dark and chilling atmosphere. I even see this movie more as an horror movie than as a thriller because of that. "Se7en" is unique in many ways. The movies mood is already set right from the beginning on. The movie starts dark, intense, chilling and mysterious, a mood that is present throughout the entire movie. It's very depressing to watch and I mean that in a positive way of the meaning of the word. The mood is set by good camera work and lighting, or better said, the lack of it. The music from acclaimed composer Howard Shore also adds to the chilling atmosphere. Unlike many other movies from the same genre, the movie is slow paced and takes it time to develop the characters without falling into some obvious cliché's. The two main characters played by Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are presented as an unlikely police-couple that are different in many ways from each other but in a way that is also what makes them such a great couple. Brad Pitt for once has the opportunity to play more than just the pretty boy and he does it with success. Kevin Spacey truly plays a bone chilling character, almost just as legendary and chilling as Hannibal Lecter. I would very much like to see the two of them put in the same room, just to see who would make it out alive. Further more it was great to see R. Lee Emrey again as the police captain. The movie is filled with some truly gross, sickening and horrifying scene's, this seriously ain't no kids stuff! The movie has some of the most sickening murders I have ever seen featured in a movie. But it aren't just only the gross scene's that are good, there are also some scene's that are made with lot's of beauty and profession such as the library scene. Dark and chilling movie that you will never forget also thanks to the ending which I will not spoil for you. A real must see. 10/10
    9preppy-3

    Very grim and disturbing but you can't stop watching

    Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is about to retire. He is teamed up with a young new detective David Mills (Brad Pitt). Together they try to find a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his M.O. Meanwhile Mills' wife Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow) fears for her husband's life and is very depressed.

    Dark and depressing but just fascinating. Director David Fincher shots the entire film in dim light and shoves the victims mutilated bodies in our face. The grimness of the tone wears you down but that's appropriate considering the subject matter. No humor either. It all leads to a truly harrowing ending. There was supposed to be a happy ending but they (wisely) chose not to do it. Freeman and Pitt work very well together and both give excellent performances. I even thought Paltrow (who I hate) was good! Kevin Spacey is very good too in a small role.

    If you have trouble with blood, gore and disturbing subject matter stay far away from this movie. But if you can handle that, watch this one. It's depressing and unpleasant but riveting.
    10tomgillespie2002

    Still manages to astound after 20 years of repeat viewings

    After his calamitous experience working on his début film Alien 3 (1992), David Fincher took on a small genre picture that, little did he know, would revitalise his career and become one of the greatest films of the 1990's. Se7en appears to begin as your typical detective neo- noir, with the cynical veteran and the naive rookie taking on an elusive serial killer seemed hell-bent on turning the sin against the sinner. But, set in an unnamed and permanently drizzly American city, Se7en is a meditation on evil and a pessimist's depiction on the modern world, climaxing in one of the bravest and most memorable endings in Hollywood history.

    Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is on the verge of retirement, where he plans to leave his inner-city life behind him after years of fighting on the side of good. His replacement is the brash Detective Mills (Brad Pitt), an optimistic young recruit eager to learn, who Somerset takes under his wing. Their first homicide investigation involves an obese man who has been fed at gunpoint to the point of causing his stomach to rupture. With Somerset ready to leave the force, Mills takes on his first solo case in the murder of a rich attorney, a man forced to cut a pound of flesh from his own body. The murder scene has the words 'greed' written in blood. Somerset eventually finds the word 'gluttony' etched in grease in the apartment of the first victim, and he becomes convinced the murders are connected, and that the killer is murdering under the guidance of the seven deadly sins.

    The genius of Se7en is rooted in the way the movie keeps the audience as clueless as the detectives. Normally in genre pictures such as this, we either know who the killer is and eagerly wait for the investigators to put the pieces together, or we have a line-up of suspects and red herrings to decide from. Here, apart from brief glimpses during a thrilling chase scene, we are devoid of clues. The killer is always one step ahead of Somerset and Mills, alluding to the idea that the mysterious 'John Doe' is indeed having his work guided by a higher power. Of course, he is not, he is merely a man, but this helps gives Se7en dramatic weight, rather than it becoming a nihilistic exercise in cruelty.

    When, three-quarters of the movie in, the killer hands himself in, the movie becomes a masterclass in writing, slowly building into one of the greatest climaxes in film. Somerset, a decent man who has devoted his life to the side of good but has had the fight slowly drained out of him, meets his nemesis in John Doe (Kevin Spacey). But as they talk, Doe's reasoning becomes clear and, shockingly, almost sympathetic. "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore, you have to hit them with a sledgehammer," he says. It's about a world gone to s**t, a view shared by Mills' wife Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who talks to Somerset in a diner about allowing a baby to be born into the world after discovering she is pregnant. Cerebral and Gothic, Se7en transcends the genre on so many levels thanks to some bleak yet stylish direction by Fincher, and it still manages to astound after almost 20 years of repeat viewings.

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    10chvylvr80

    Probably the greatest murder story ever

    Seven's quality puts it so far beyond most of the "cops on trail of deranged killer" genre that it comes out as a true jewel of cinema. Everything about seven is perfect. It is art captured on film. This movie is a bright spot for all of the stars who worked on it.

    Brad Pitt never gets the credit he deserves for his acting because he's a pretty boy and the press is a lot more interested about how he and Jennifer are doing. That's a shame because he is a talented actor that isn't afraid to take chances with both the roles that he picks and the characters that he plays. That is quite rare in the A-list world. Morgan Freeman is a great actor. You can always count on him to do what he does best which is play a wise veteran that has seen it all. Kevin Spacey is another great actor that has great range and really puts life and personality into his characters.

    The real talent of this movie, excluding the actors that brought it to life, is the director David Fincher and the writer Andrew Kevin Walker. Fincher's talents for making a visually stunning film are now well known and he often brings a dark patina to his work. Andrew Kevin Walker must have some incredible demons living inside him. Either that or one hell of an imagination for bringing the intricate story of Seven and the plan of John Doe to life.

    John Doe's plan really is twisted and I won't be spoiling it here. Suffice to say I have never seen so evil and complicated a plan in a movie before or since. The cinematography of the film is dark but beautiful and throughout the film it is either night or raining or both except for two very brief moments. It is such an emotional movie that you can't keep from being caught up in what is happening. Do you understand and sympathize with what John Doe is doing or do you think him a mad killer that must be stopped.

    Bottom Line: If you haven't had the opportunity to see Seven yet then you must at least rent it. It is so damn good that I know you will like it. The only reason you wouldn't is because you're just too damn fragile to take something this hardcore.

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    • Trivia
      As preparation for his traumatic scene in the interrogation room, Leland Orser would hyperventilate, so that his body would be overly saturated with oxygen. He also did not sleep for a few days, in order to achieve his character's disoriented look.
    • Goofs
      When the detectives are at the door of John Doe's apartment, John walks into the hallway. He sees them, drops his bag of groceries, pulls a gun, shoots, and runs. The bag is now on the floor, with its contents spilled out. When Mills gives chase, he runs down the same hallway. The dropped bag of groceries has vanished.
    • Quotes

      David Mills: Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people.

      John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man... a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets!

      David Mills: Murderers?

      John Doe: A woman...

      David Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself?

      John Doe: [interrupts] A woman... so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever.

    • Crazy credits
      SPOILER: Kevin Spacey's name is not included in the opening titles to keep the John Doe intrigue going. To compensate, he is listed twice in the closing credits: once before the credits start rolling and once in the rolling credits in order of appearance.
    • Alternate versions
      USA laserdisc edition adds a few scenes deleted from theatrical release as a bonus at the end of the program, including: a prologue where Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is going to buy a country house. He uses his switchblade (seen many times in the final cut, but not explained) to cut out a small piece of wallpaper. There is an extended scene at the Mills' when David (Brad Pitt) is playing with his dogs, and Somerset talks to Tracy. He tells her about the house and shows her the wallpaper. She tells him that it wouldn't be such a good idea to show it to David, saying "He wouldn't understand.". These two scenes establish Somerset's characters better, and the second one helps the viewer understand why the wife chooses Somerset to talk to when she gets pregnant. She knows that Somerset is much more sensible than her husband, and will understand her. The second one however was probably dumped earlier since it is included among the dailies and outtakes and the first one appears as a deleted scene.
    • Connections
      Edited into L'Affaire Caravage (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Closer (Precursor)
      Written by Trent Reznor

      Performed by Nine Inch Nails

      Courtesy of Nothing/TVT/Interscope Records

      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products and TVT Records

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 1996 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Seven Deadly Sins
    • Filming locations
      • Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, California, USA(Police Headquarters)
    • Production companies
      • Arnold Kopelson Productions
      • Cecchi Gori Pictures
      • Juno Pix
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    • Budget
      • $33,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $101,040,643
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,949,807
      • Sep 24, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $328,983,304
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS 70 mm
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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