Home > Drama >

Violet & Daisy

Watch Now

Violet & Daisy (2013)

June. 07,2013
|
6
|
R
| Drama Action Comedy Thriller
Watch Now

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

...

Watch Trailer

Cast

Similar titles

Reviews

Chirphymium
2013/06/07

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

More
Robert Joyner
2013/06/08

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

More
Taha Avalos
2013/06/09

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

More
Darin
2013/06/10

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

More
Special K
2013/06/11

I was looking forward to this movie, but c'mon... when Alexis Biedel's character is breezily sauntering around looking for bullets, and runs into the other gang of assassins who were hired to do the same job, she doesn't think to warn her partner who is back at the apartment alone - with no bullets? The story line just made a big deal about her last partner being killed, but... "No, I'm a Gilmore girl -- it won't happen today.". Then it gets even more stupid, when after offing the other assassin crew in James Gandolfini's apartment, and someone knocks on the door, they're sitting there all freaked out because they again "have no bullets left" -- yet there's what, five dead assassins on the floor at their feet -- they've got lots of bullets -- and guns to put them in (in case they don't match the girl's weapons)! But, "Oh no, we only know how to shoot our own guns... we WILL only shoot our own guns, even if it means certain death!". WTF!!! Had to turn it off then, can only handle so much stupid in my lifetime. And just to be clear, the problem(s) with this film for me, wasn't with the actual acting or actors, but the script, the intent, the actors had to work with. It was such a great collection of talent -- all pretty much wasted here in my opinion.

More
Rich Wright
2013/06/12

The two 'heroines' of this piece make for the most unconvincing hitpeople I've ever seen in any media, but that isn't really the point. The fact is, this is supposed to be a JOKE... that these two girlie girls who seem obsessed with all things cute and feminine, are so relaxed and detached from their everyday job of laying out their targets on a slab. We're meant to find their quirks endearing too, I guess... such as in the opening scene, when they're dressed as nuns delivering a pizza (with machine gun hidden underneath, of course.) But, does it work?Not in the slightest. The dialogue is self-consciously wacky, to a degree that we KNOW we're not watching flesh and blood individuals, but characters dreamed up by a bad scriptwriter that lack any validity whatsoever. People come and go, either being shot by our feisty duo or uttering a few lines before disappearing for good. They all have one thing in common though: never doing anything or saying anything remotely interesting, in what is a tedious slog of a motion picture which will be testing the strength of your eyelids from the get-go.The late great James Gandolfini plays their latest victim, a terminally ill crook who seems remarkably at peace with his fate. In a better written film, his conversations of life and love with the girls might have been moving passages. Instead, they come across as forced and unemotional garbage, and because they take up most of the length, only add to the feeling you could be doing something much better with your hollow life. In fact, with three characters named after flowers (Daisy, Violet, Rose) all we needed was a Hyacinth to complete the Bucket Sisters from the classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.Useless trivia, I know. But FAR more intriguing to dwell on than anything else in this snore inducing cure for insomnia. 2/10

More
phd_travel
2013/06/13

This is a delightful black comedy with some action about 2 sweet young female assassins for hire. Saoirse Ronan looks really sweet and lovely here. Alexis Bledel convincingly plays a young woman even though she much older than Ms Ronan. James Gandolfini in one of his last roles is quite touching and endearing as their target.There are some laugh out loud originally funny moments and dialog in the vein of Luc Besson and Quentin Tarantino but still unique in it's own way.There are some slower moments but on the whole you care for the characters so it keeps you interested till the end.

More
suite92
2013/06/14

Violet and Daisy are contract killers. In the opening sequence they murder 6 people while dressed as nuns. Soon thereafter, Daisy turns 18, so she can get charged as an adult. Violet is a bit older, but probably not by much. They turn down a new job. Then they see some dresses that they want to buy. They take the job to get money to buy dresses.The second job is to kill one guy who stole some money from someone higher in their organisation. Their target shows up late, after they take a nap. They try shooting him with their eyes closed. He's in the kitchen making oatmeal cookies for them. Oh, my. He is dying anyway, and hopes they go ahead with their job.There is a lot of talk among Violet, Daisy, and their target. This is coupled with a number of odd incidents (like the shootout at the hardware store) that are interspersed with the ongoing conversation.Iris drops by to nudge the girls forward.Will the girls finally finish the job, stay out of jail, and go on with their shallow lives? -----Scores-----Cinematography: 10/10 Beautifully shot!Sound: 10/10 Amazingly good.Acting: 7/10 Alexis Bledel was 30 when this film came out. She's best friends with a girl who just turned 18? Oi. I like Gandalfini, Trejo, Bledel, and Jean-Baptiste even more than I did before seeing this film. I'm sure they did what the auteur asked of them, and they certainly did it well. Ronan, on the other hand, is an actor I can count on to deliver a disappointing performance.Screenplay: 5/10 Patty-cake? Really? Absurd and surreal set the stage. There was not enough story to fill the 88 minutes. The theoretical side of me saw that many of the lines were meant to be humorous, but I did not find myself laughing or even smiling.

More