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Killer of Sheep   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: none available Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B- 76 ratings  User Reviews (8 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-8 of 8  |   Next   Overall Grade: B Story: C Acting: C- Direction: B Visuals: A Interesting by Patrick (movies profile) (May 18, 2007) 3 of 3 people found this review helpful it was a bit unrefined and unmistakably a student movie. the story was kind of all over the place but i found it very interesting. i liked the locations and i especially... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Rossellini meets the ghetto by donald (movies profile) (Aug 25, 2007) 2 of 3 people found this review helpful Yes, Killer of Sheep is "dated"--but it is also timeless, thanks to the polymathic talents of its director, Charles Burnett. Set in Watts in the seventies, it depicts the... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A- Direction: A Visuals: A+ A Classic Treasure by Mark C (movies profile) (Jul 6, 2007) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful After reading some of the more venomous reviews of this film, I felt compelled to write a brief review of Charles Burnett's superlative film "Killer of Sheep." This film... Full Review Overall Grade: A+ Story: A+ Acting: A+ Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ Underground Masterpiece finally released by Manuel (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2007) 1 of 1 people found this review helpful Charles Burnett's student thesis film is perhaps the greatest film ever made by an African American filmmaker. Uncompromisingly independent, original and brimming with li... Full Review Overall Grade: F Story: C Acting: D Direction: F Visuals: F Socialist Realism Lives by fred d (movies profile) (Feb 15, 2009) This film, made in 1977, has the crude look, sound, and feel of an industrial film of the 1930s. While in the abstract the ïdea"of the film is interesting, watching... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: B+ Acting: A Direction: A+ Visuals: A+ brilliant by chris (movies profile) (Oct 26, 2007) in an era of overwrought, overproduced, big, noisy hollywood productions that say nothing, this low budget gem was a breath of fresh air. If i would fault it at all it wo... Full Review Overall Grade: D Story: D- Acting: C- Direction: D Visuals: F Don't waste your hard earned dollar! by Lou (movies profile) (Jun 3, 2007) An ABOMINATION - I don't know. Maybe you "Artsy" types would go for this movie. I considered myself, a pretty cultured person - But, this was a waste of my money. I didn'... Full Review Overall Grade: F Story: F Acting: F Direction: F Visuals: F Worst piece of crap in history of cinema by John (movies profile) (Jul 13, 2007) This was by far the worst piece of dribble I have ever suffered through. Cleaning the dirt from beneath my fingernails would have been downright exhilarating in comparis... Full Review Previous   |  1-8 of 8  |   Next