The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Steven Murphy	Colin Farrell
Anna Murphy	Nicole Kidman
Martin Lang	Barry Keoghan	½
Kimberly "Kim" Murphy	Raffey Cassidy	½
Robert "Bob" Murphy	Sunny Suljic	½
Martin's mother	Alicia Silverstone	-
Matthew Williams	Bill Camp	-

Review

Yorgos Lanthimos takes inspiration from the classic Greek tragedy Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripedes, and places Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in a gruelling situation as parents, in the wake of Farrell's newly-formed friendship with the peculiar teenager Martin Lang (played by Barry Keoghan). The film's otherworldly tension is supposed to tie in with your ethical sense and parental instincts, but after a fairly promising start, the film attains an academic, theological quality which makes this a detached and ultimately underwhelming viewing experience. The performers all seem to be too caught up with the symbolism to really connect with their characters, even though Lanthimos places them in and creates some gut-wrenchingly eerie set-ups.