
Kill Your Friends
Seen it?2015 | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Get Shorty or Blue Velvet, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 44 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
24% on Rotten Tomatoes, 45 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$507K worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 27K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Owen Harris
- Nicholas HoultSteven Stelfox
- Craig RobertsDarren
- Georgia KingRebecca
- Tom RileyParker Hall
- Jim PiddockDerek Sommers
- Edward HoggDC Woodham
- James CordenRoger Waters
- Joseph MawleJames Trellick
- Dustin Demri-BurnsDavid Schnieder
- Damien MolonyRoss