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A dramatization of Mark Chapman's plan to murder John Lennon.
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| SpinTroy PattersonWhat Killing lacks in celebrity sparkle, it compensates for in raw ambition and rude chills. |
| Sky CinemaTim EvansUnlike shabby exploitation docu-dramas such as Bundy, this is an honest meditation on the warped assassin and his motives and assumes the tension of a thriller as the appointed time approaches. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonA transfixing recreation of the events that shocked the world. |
| Film4Anton BitelPiddington has pulled off a delicate balancing act, presenting Chapman as an explosive by-product of our celebrity-obsessed times, while resisting the temptation to validate Chapman's own elaborate self-mythologising. |
| NewsdayGene SeymourThe only revelations in The Killing of John Lennon are those we could have picked up ourselves, assuming we cared enough to do so. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenShot in a quasi-documentary style at the actual locations where the events took place, including the sidewalk outside the Dakota, the movie is extremely uncomfortable to watch. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA stunning performance by newcomer Jonas Ball in the role of Mark David Chapman, the killer of John Lennon. |
| BBC.comStella PapamichaelThere's a feeling of eerie otherworldliness and the murder itself is relished in detail, however the film does lack overall impact |
| TV GuideKen FoxIt's a "Taxi Driver"-inspired odyssey into violence and insanity that runs close to two hours -- a long time to be riding shotgun with a madman. |
| Film ThreatMatthew SorrentoAs the narrative lugubriously sticks to the documented events, we are served nothing more than a filmed transcript. |