Killers of the Flower Moon The Criterion Collection
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Last update: 12-22-2025
Product details
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 1 x 1 x 1 inches; 10.56 ounces
- Media Format : 4K, Subtitled
- Run time : 3 hours and 26 minutes
- Release date : March 24, 2026
- Actors : Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro
- Studio : The Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B0G83WCTWF
- Number of discs : 3
- Best Sellers Rank:#12 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- Customer Reviews:4.34.3 out of 5 stars(9,787)
Top reviews from the United States
- PedumGreat movie about something that needed telling.A very well-made and informative movie with a great cast. The movie addresses crimes against tribal members of the Osage tribe in Oklahoma, which I previously was not aware of. It is a long movie, lasting over 3 hours, but it wasn't a long, boring ordeal for my wife and me.
- 0624Amazon CustomerBanality of EvilThis movie will be recognized as a masterpiece in the long-term. It may not be fully appreciated now because of its muted style for the entire duration of the movie. While a long movie, I was left wanting more. The movie is in two parts. The first part, before the Fed involvement and the latter starts with the Fed investigation. This is the only movie I have seen where Indians speak fluent English in addition to Osage language. It is also the first movie with white servants to Indian home owners and white folks being employees of Indian employers. The movie does not show us the full impact to the Osage members and the outrage and fear they must have felt as they were being killed off without any consequences to those committing the crime. Even those that stayed alive were being gauged by white business man who charged thousands of dollars for caskets and took jewelry off of dead Osage bodies. Other white folks took advantage of Osage generosity with sob stories that were made up. Many Osage members chose to marry white spouses who turned around and killed them for Osage oil rights.
I am not sure why Scorsese took such a muted approach. I wonder if it is to mirror our current affairs where evil gets no more than a shrug. The banality of evil permeates the first half of the movie and as an audience, we are hoping that justice takes hold in the second half. The outcome is told to us in an interesting way, a radio show with visual sound affects. I admire Robert De Niro but he is miscast in this movie. De Niro has one look throughout the entire movie. He does not seem to match the grandeur of the character he is playing.
The movie will leave you wanting to know about the actual events that the movie is based on. - Rabid Readera fine flick for a chilly fall evening!I enjoyed this! I read the book shortly after it was published and liked it, so was eager to see the movie.
A worthwhile movie and although it has a sad overtone, it's worth the few dollars to see it. Good acting and very good sets. - wonderwaitA horror movie disguised as a western.This movie is about the Osage murders in the 1920s – dozens of planned killings of Osage Nation members, namely those sitting on large pots of money due to their land allotment during the oil boom in Oklahoma. The movie primarily follows Ernest Burkhart, a Veteran who has come to Osage County to work with his uncle, the greedy William Hale. Together, Hale, Ernest, and others murder numerous Osage Nation members, including the entire family of Ernest’s wife, Mollie.
This movie is a tough one to review. I read the book before watching it and found many differences, primarily that the book follows the life and work of Agent White, one of the first agents of the FBI, who investigated this case. The book is disjointed and without a real emotional center, so it makes sense that Scorsese chose to enter this story from another direction – the relationship between Mollie and Ernest. But even this telling of the story falls flat in many ways.
Scorsese understands the limits of his own storytelling and keeps the focus on Hale and Ernest. But because of that, the movie, at times, plays like a romance or a drama or western, when it really is a horror movie. Ernest was a man who played puppet to his uncle, who schemed, and committed terror after terror. Yet, it feels like we are never allowed to accept this position in the movie, which is unfair, in my opinion. Scorsese portrays Ernest almost like a neutral party, yet history tells us he was not. (Perhaps this is due to DiCaprio’s playing of Ernest, somewhat bland and without agency, or his understanding of the man as someone who was “not very smart.” This is much unlike DeNiro’s portrayal of Hale – a friend who is not, a subtle and grounded performance by DeNiro).
Just before a critical scene, when one of Mollie’s family members is blown to bits, the audience learns that Mollie and her children were supposed to be at this house when it was blown up but came home because her son had an earache. Such is Ernest’s deceit; he is willing to kill his own children in the pursuit of money. This is not, as the movie is labeled, a romance. What’s left out to make it this way? That dozens, maybe over a hundred other Osage, were assassinated in a similar way during this time. This is a film about genocide, not murder within a family or even a close group of neighbors. In the book, second and third generation survivors of the Osage murders talk about the impact it had on them – the psychological terror it inflicted. This is an important piece of the story that is lost.
What makes this an incredible movie is the performance of Lily Gladstone, who is captivating as Mollie Burkhart. (“I’m Mollie Kyle. Incompetent.”) When reading the book, I felt myself hungering for more of Mollie, and Lily fills her in well, giving us a soul to sit with and root for during the horror happening around her. I relate her performance to that of Masato Hagiwara’s performance in 1997’s Cure, as the titular antagonist. While Lily plays the protagonist, there is the same soft, muted quality about performance that leaves us leaning in, wanting more, craving her story and opinions. Mollie was put in an unimaginable situation, and Lily plays her navigation of that situation extremely well. Mollie could not be openly angry or seething – her position in the world would not allow it. So, everything is right below the surface, burbling up.
As usual, Scorsese gives us beautiful cinematography, a wonderful soundtrack, and solid performances by all the actors (but especially Gladstone, Tantoo Cardinal, and Cara Jade Myers). This one should be watched for the history; this is a story that MUST be told. But check out the book for a bit more detailed and accurate version of the impact of this genocide. - KimMjust ok movieI feel like this movie was way over hyped. Good acting by Leonardo, but somehow feel the story was lacking something.
was it a decent watch, yes. it is so good that I'd watch it a second time, no. and very long.