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Killer Joe received favorable reviews from critics, with the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes recognizing 76% of 115 reviews to be positive; the consensus states: "Violent, darkly comic, and full of strong performances, Killer Joe proves William Friedkin hasn't lost his touch, even if the plot may be too lurid for some."[17]
According to Justin Chang of Variety, "Killer Joe was Letts' first play, written more than a decade before his smash hit August: Osage County, and the text's sneer of condescension toward its panoply of trailer-trash caricatures has not entirely abated here", yet "the film doesn't belabor even its cheaper punchlines, and the fleet, kinetic visual style devised by d.p. Caleb Deschanel and editor Darrin Navarro emphasizes narrative momentum over cruel comedy. To be sure, Friedkin is clearly amused and appalled by his slovenly, foul-mouthed characters, with their off-the-charts levels of dysfunction and incompetence. But he directs them vigorously enough, pushing them past the realm of caricature to individuate themselves onscreen."[18]
The Daily Telegraph said "Church, Gershon, and Hirsch portray a "uniformly gormless family unit" in a film whose "positively Jacobean climax [earns] its 18 certificate and then some
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Acting upon the retainer, Killer Joe carries out the contract on Chris' mother. After the killing, it is discovered that Rex, her boyfriend, provided false information about the life insurance policy to Chris and that he is the actual beneficiary. Also, Sharla was seeing Rex and involved in the scheme. When he discovers this, Killer Joe confronts Rex, kills him, and recovers the insurance check. Chris, knowing that he will be Killer Joe's next target, quickly makes plans to escape to Peru with Dottie    watch more

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In the final scene, Killer Joe arrives at Chris' trailer and violently confronts Sharla, forcing her to admit that she and Rex conspired against Chris and left him at the mercy of Killer Joe. Since the family is unable to pay his fee, Killer Joe intends to take Dottie as agreed. When Chris arrives and threatens Killer Joe with a gun, the two struggle. In the subsequent confusion, Dottie recovers the gun and shoots Chris, killing him and mortally wounding their father. Dottie turns the gun on Killer Joe, telling him that she is pregnant. Killer Joe acts enthusiastic about the pregnancy as he inches closer to Dottie. The film ends just as Dottie moves her finger back on the trigger.        watch more

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Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris Smith, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. He has been told that the sole benificiary would be his younger sister, Dottie. Conspiring with his father, Ansel, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire "Killer Joe" Cooper, a police detective who has a parallel career as a contract killer. They plan to split what remains after paying Killer Joe four ways between themselves, Dottie and Ansel's new wife Sharla. The plan almost fails when Chris is unable to front Killer Joe's fee. However, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. watch more