The Vicious Kind

The Vicious Kind

2009 · 92 min · EN · R · 6.2 (104 votes)
Dir. Lee Toland Krieger · Starring Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost, J.K. Simmons, Vittorio Brahm, Bill Buell · Music Jeff Cardoni

How would you protect someone from their first love?

ComedyDrama

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

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This film feels like a deeply uncomfortable family gathering where simmering tensions and unspoken desires bubble to the surface. It's a slow, awkward descent into emotional turmoil, punctuated by moments of dark, cringey humor and quiet desperation.

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