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Kill Your Darlings (2013) · CriticCrunch

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Kill Your Darlings

Movie2013·103 min

Kill Your Darlings

Directed by John Krokidas

Drama Romance Thriller

A drama romance film directed by John Krokidas.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 36%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.0/10

1K ratings

About Kill Your Darlings

A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Stylized, Contemplative
Story Tags: coming of age, identity self discovery, forbidden love, wwii era, music performance, high school campus, urban, close friendship, romantic partners, outsider misfit, genius prodigy, mystery disappearance, slow burn reveal, queer romance, forbidden star crossed

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Details

Director: John Krokidas
Language: English

Cast

Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall

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How Kill Your Darlings Ranks

All movies

Top 36%

2010s movies

Top 30%

Drama movies

Top 37%

2010s Drama movies

Top 29%

Top 36% All movies.

the vibe

Kill Your Darlings Vibe

What it feels like

measureddarkintenselayeredlight-touchpersonalearneststylizedcontemplative

What it's about

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

texture

stylizedstyled

mystery disappearance

slow-burn reveal

coming of age

identity self discovery

forbidden love

outsider misfit

genius prodigy

close friendship

romantic partners

music performance

queer romance

forbidden star crossed

high school

urban

WWII era

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9