Seven Psychopaths – 7.7

The great Christopher Walken is enough to enjoy this murder-comedy, but there are plenty of other wonderful performances: Colin Farrell as the procrastinating screenwriter, Woody Harrelson as the dog-loving gangster kingpin, Tom Waits as…Tom Waits?, and Sam Rockwell as the lead psychopath. The setup is rather primitive – for a reason that only appears after the credits – but the tongue-in-cheek humor is always intelligent, as befits a Martin McDonagh screenplay. Rarely has killing seemed so lighthearted, or dognapping so funny.