Killers of the Flower Moon
10 Oscar Nominations
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When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
What critics thought
Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour Osage murder epic earned near-universal critical admiration for its filmmaking and Lily Gladstone's performance, but a persistent fault line ran through reviews: some felt the film's decision to anchor on Ernest and Hale left Mollie and the Osage perspective underdeveloped, raising pointed questions about whose story this really is. The coda, in which Scorsese acknowledges the historical erasure of these crimes, drew particular attention as the film's most formally daring and morally provocative gesture.
“Scorsese doesn't just achieve a sense of place; he also pulls off, not for the first time, a passionate and meticulous feat of cultural anthropology. He brings an entire bygone era to rich, teeming life, just before he chokes it off with an all-consuming stench of death.”
Justin Chang·Los Angeles Times
“Trapped by the gleam of reverence, [Scorsese] ends up returning to the same racial stereotypes he sought to avoid: The Osage people are noble and connected to the land, but their personalities, their desires, their joys, and, most crucially, their anger remain in the shadowed hallways of a history Scorsese is too timid to approach.”
Angelica Jade Bastién·Vulture
“Scorsese's control of form and tone, and the bold yet subtle way that he marshals incident, signal that he is intent not merely on narrating history but on troubling the conscience of his (doubtless largely white) audience”
Richard Brody·The New Yorker
“It's engrossing from the get-go, the palpable tension methodically echoed by Robbie Robertson's steady-heartbeat score. But it keeps going and going until everyone we care about is dead, dying or behind bars, with nearly an hour still in store”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Genres
Crime, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Scorsese
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
ComposerRobbie Robertson
Killers of the Flower Moon
10 Oscar Nominations
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
What critics thought
Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour Osage murder epic earned near-universal critical admiration for its filmmaking and Lily Gladstone's performance, but a persistent fault line ran through reviews: some felt the film's decision to anchor on Ernest and Hale left Mollie and the Osage perspective underdeveloped, raising pointed questions about whose story this really is. The coda, in which Scorsese acknowledges the historical erasure of these crimes, drew particular attention as the film's most formally daring and morally provocative gesture.
“Scorsese doesn't just achieve a sense of place; he also pulls off, not for the first time, a passionate and meticulous feat of cultural anthropology. He brings an entire bygone era to rich, teeming life, just before he chokes it off with an all-consuming stench of death.”
Justin Chang·Los Angeles Times
“Trapped by the gleam of reverence, [Scorsese] ends up returning to the same racial stereotypes he sought to avoid: The Osage people are noble and connected to the land, but their personalities, their desires, their joys, and, most crucially, their anger remain in the shadowed hallways of a history Scorsese is too timid to approach.”
Angelica Jade Bastién·Vulture
“Scorsese's control of form and tone, and the bold yet subtle way that he marshals incident, signal that he is intent not merely on narrating history but on troubling the conscience of his (doubtless largely white) audience”
Richard Brody·The New Yorker
“It's engrossing from the get-go, the palpable tension methodically echoed by Robbie Robertson's steady-heartbeat score. But it keeps going and going until everyone we care about is dead, dying or behind bars, with nearly an hour still in store”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Genres
Crime, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Scorsese
StarringLeonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal
ComposerRobbie Robertson
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