Kill Your Darlings
2013 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 7.0 · 72% critics
In 1940s New York, a college student is pulled into a circle of rebellious young writers whose nights of parties, rule-breaking, and artistic ambition push boundaries. As their friendships and desires intensify, a looming crime forces them to confront the cost of freedom, loyalty, and self-destruction.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-10-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (1,415 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like moody, character-driven true-crime-tinged dramas about young artists and messy friendships, with a coming-of-age edge; Not for you if you want a fast, straightforward story like The Wackness.
Pros: strong performances; intense relationships; lively period atmosphere | Cons: slow start; uneven focus; thin supporting characters
Themes
- confession
- mistaken identity
- poet
- postcard
- fascist
- murder
- drinking
- mental illness
- lgbt
- record player
- beat generation
- 1940s
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Daniel Radcliffe
as Allen Ginsberg
Dane DeHaan
as Lucien Carr
Michael C. Hall
as David Kammerer
Jack Huston
as Jack Kerouac
Ben Foster
as William Burroughs
David Cross
as Louis Ginsberg
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Naomi Ginsberg
Elizabeth Olsen
as Edie Parker
John Cullum
as Professor Steeves
Brenda Wehle
as Permissions Librarian
Directed by John Krokidas