Movie #33: Se7en

Movie #: 33
Movie Title: Se7en
Year Released: 1995

Director: David Fincher
Notable Cast: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey

Short Description: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #23
Ranker.com: #37
Lifed.com: #38
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: #22
FlickChart.com: #30

Note: This is the last movie on my list to appear on only five of the top 100 lists I used to compile the 251 movies I’m watching.



Date Watched: 10/28/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)
Adjusted Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: The plot of Se7en was great. Each of the murders, particularly Sloth, were well thought out and disturbingly detailed. One of my main issues with Se7en was the casting. I normally have no issue with Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and to a point with Gwyneth Paltrow, but it seemed to me that those three leads had little on screen chemistry and Pitt specifically was kind of wooden a times. I was also greatly disappointed by the decision to hide the identity of the murderer until near the end of the movie because, unless I missed it during the opening credits, I had no clue Kevin Spacey was in Se7en and I wish there had been more of him. Spacey outshone everyone else individually and he paired better with Brad Pitt than Morgan Freeman did.