The original score is composed by Carter Burwell. Like guests, they rotate in and out fast, as do Harry Dean Stanton, Kevin Corrigan, Gabourey Sidibe (who deserves better), Tom Waits and Zeljko Ivanek. Seven Psychopaths, released on, consists of a playlist of 29 credited songs, from various artists including Hank Williams, P.P.
It’s slight if sometimes amusing, partly because it has one of those casts studded with appealing faces like Michael Pitt and Michael Stuhlbarg, the reunited co-stars from “Boardwalk Empire,” who put in a day or so of work. Meta to the max, filled with clever jokes and observations that stick like barbs and deflated ones that land with a thud, “Seven Psychopaths” is a leisurely riff about movies, violence, storytelling and the art of the steal. To judge from this movie, that’s the same hurdle Mr. Seven Psychopaths Martin McDonaghs Los Angeles-set 'Seven Psychopaths' exploits easy quirk for big laughs, being the tale of an alcoholic Irish screenwriter and his two scam-artist buddies, who. The words drip from Marty’s pen slowly, but he has faith or at least a promising title for his next project: “Seven Psychopaths.” All he needs to do is write the thing. McDonagh, author of plays like “The Pillowman” and director of the film “ In Bruges,” plays Marty Faranan, a struggling Irish writer who lives in Los Angeles, where he fights with his girlfriend, Kaya (Abbie Cornish) hangs with his best bud, Billy (Sam Rockwell) and chugs the hard stuff until he blacks out. Colin Farrell, who’s even better looking than the pretty Mr.
In his sporadically funny, blood-splattered comedy “Seven Psychopaths,” the playwright turned movie director Martin McDonagh looks to turn writer’s block into grim comedy.