Nicol Paone’s flat direction and Jonathan Jacobson’s listless screenplay leave the cast painting by numbers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 22, 2023

It tries to skewer the art world, but the result is pretty toothless.

| Oct 21, 2023

The funny, frisky crime caper plays to the leads’ chemistry, delivering an escapist delight.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2023

Thurman and Jackson show great chemistry in a dark, well-acted art satire.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2023

While the killer with a heart of gold trope works to varying degrees, mostly because of Manganiello’s unvarnished presence, the thematic heft of “The Kill Room” is enough to make it an intriguing and entertaining early work.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 29, 2023

The premise rests upon a tired and philistine notion about modern art, here iterated by an indignant criminal’s protest, “My five-year-old makes better paintings than that with his fingers.”

| Sep 28, 2023

[The cast's] efforts are not enough to make the film’s unwieldy blend of casually brutal violence and broad humor palatable.

| Sep 26, 2023