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The Vicious Kind

The Vicious Kind

Comedy · Drama · 2009

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

Movie details

The Vicious Kind

“How would you protect someone from their first love?”

2009 Comedy · Drama 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.8 / 10

8.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

70 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

65 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Vicious Kind?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lee Toland Krieger

Written by

Lee Toland Krieger

Adam Scott

Adam Scott

Caleb Sinclaire

Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow

Emma Gainsborough

Alex Frost

Alex Frost

Peter Sinclaire

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Donald Sinclaire

V

Vittorio Brahm

J.T.

Bill Buell

Bill Buell

Rocky

Alysia Reiner

Alysia Reiner

Samantha

Court is in session

Put The Vicious Kind on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.