Connection
The Vicious Kind is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lee Toland Krieger released in USA on 17 january 2009 with Adam Scott
The Vicious Kind (2009)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listThe Vicious Kind is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Lee Toland Krieger. The screenplay was originally set in a small town in Rhode Island, but the film was shot in Norfolk, CT, which also became the character's hometown. The film stars Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost and J.K. Simmons. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and opened in Los Angeles on December 11, 2009 at the Laemlle Sunset 5.
"The Vicious Kind" was nominated for two 2010 Independent Spirit Awards, Scott for Best Male Lead, and Krieger for Best Screenplay. In 2009, "The Vicious Kind" won several awards at film festivals around the world including Adam Scott for Best Actor at the Strasbourg International Film Festival, Scott for Best Performance at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Lee Toland Krieger for Emerging Filmmaker at the Denver Film Festival, and Best Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival.
Synopsis
The film opens with Caleb Sinclaire sitting in a diner, forlorn and smoking a cigarette. He begins to cry, but composes himself when his younger brother, Peter approaches the table. Peter is an idealistic college student on Thanksgiving break and Caleb is begrudgingly giving him a ride home. At school, Peter has found a new girlfriend, Emma Gainsborough, and Caleb immediately grills him for details, beginning to show a misogynistic attitude. Emma and Peter met each other while Emma was on campus meeting some fraternity boys; while Peter says she’s a good girl and nothing happened, Caleb immediately perceives her as a whore. On the way to get Emma, Caleb reveals that he hasn't slept in a week.Actors
Adam Scott
(Caleb Sinclaire)
Brittany Snow
(Emma Gainsborough)
J. K. Simmons
(Donald Sinclaire)
Alex Frost
(Peter Sinclaire)
Alysia Reiner
(Samantha)
Jim Ford
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Vicious Kind
There are 102 films with the same actors, 2 films with the same director, 89385 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1100 with exactly the same 4 genres than The Vicious Kind), 7308 films with the same themes (including 154 films with the same 2 themes than The Vicious Kind), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Vicious Kind, you will probably like those similar films :
The Late Bloomer (2016)
Directed by Kevin Pollak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Johnny Simmons, J. K. Simmons, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch, Maria Bello, Beck Bennett
Rating52%
Dr. Peter Newmans, a sex therapist, goes through puberty in three weeks at the age of 27, after a benign tumor inside his brain is treated.
Juno (2007)
, 1h36Directed by Jason Reitman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, La sexualité des mineurs, Children's films
Actors Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons
Rating73%
Sixteen-year-old Minnesota high-schooler Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) discovers she is pregnant with a child fathered by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). She initially considers an abortion. Going to a local clinic run by a women's group, she encounters outside a schoolmate who is holding a rather pathetic one-person pro-life vigil. Once inside, however, Juno is alienated by the clinic staff's authoritarian and bureaucratic attitudes. She is particularly offended by their calling her "sexually active", a term which she feels demeans the highly emotional event by which she became pregnant. All of this decides her against abortion, and she decides to give the baby up for adoption. With the help of her friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), Juno searches the ads in the Pennysaver and finds a couple she feels will provide a suitable home. She tells her parents, Mac (J.K. Simmons) and stepmother, Bren (Allison Janney), who offer their support. With Mac, Juno meets the couple, Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner), in their expensive home and agrees to a closed adoption.
Flower (2018)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Teen movie
Actors Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Adam Scott, Dylan Gelula, Eric Edelstein
Rating60%
Erica est une adolescente compliquée avec du cran et à la curiosité sexuelle débordante qui joue les justicières avec ses amies. Un jour, son nouveau demi-frère, Luke, sort du centre désintoxication où il était interné et lui dévoile qu'il a été abusé sexuellement par l'un de ses professeur, Will, quand il était jeune.
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
, 1h30Directed by Jesse Peretz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn
Rating63%
Ned Rochlin (Paul Rudd) is a biodynamic farmer living with his girlfriend, Janet (Kathryn Hahn). While selling produce at a local market, Ned sells marijuana to a uniformed police officer due to the officer's claim that he had a stressful week, which made Ned feel sympathetic after initially being skeptical. Ned is then arrested on a charge of selling drugs.
The Mexican (2001)
, 2hDirected by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J. K. Simmons, Bob Balaban, Michael Cerveris
Rating60%
The story follows Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) as he travels through Mexico to find a valuable antique gun, The Mexican, and smuggle it into the United States. Five years earlier, Welbach had caused a traffic accident in which he hit the car of local mobster Arnold Margolese (Gene Hackman), who was jailed for five years after the police searched his car following the crash, finding someone tied up in his trunk. In compensation for the jail time, Welbach has been sent on various errands by Margolese's second-in-command, Bernie Nayman (Bob Balaban). Retrieving the gun will be his final errand. Welbach has a girlfriend, Samantha (Julia Roberts), whom he argues with constantly and who leaves Jerry prior to the trip over his lack of commitment to their relationship.
, 1h17Directed by Jaromil Jireš
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about virginity, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jaroslava Schallerová, Helena Anýzová, Josef Abrhám
Rating70%
The film starts out with 13-year-old Valerie (Schallerová) sleeping in a gazebo. A thief comes in the night and steals her earrings; when she goes to investigate, she sees a horrific man before he covers his face with a weasel mask. The next day she is swimming in a pool and is then watching the water when the thief's arms suddenly return her earrings to her.
John Tucker Must Die (2006)
, 1h29Directed by Betty Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Sports films, Basketball films, Children's films
Actors Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Jenny McCarthy
Rating57%
The movie begins with Kate (Brittany Snow) discussing her mother Lori's (Jenny McCarthy) series of bad relationships which always causes the family to move to a new town. She and her mother move to a suburb of Portland, Oregon and Kate gets a job as a waitress. While at work, she sees popular local boy John Tucker (Jesse Metcalfe) on dates with three different girls: Carrie (Arielle Kebbel), a chronic overachiever; Heather (Ashanti), who is head cheerleader; and Beth (Sophia Bush) a promiscuous vegan activist. Kate learns from a co-worker that he dates girls from different cliques at his school so that they never interact and convinces the girls he dates to keep their relationships secret.
I Love You, Man (2009)
, 1h45Directed by John Hamburg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Buddy films, LGBT-related film
Actors Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, J. K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Sarah Burns
Rating69%
Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd), a real estate agent, gets engaged to his girlfriend Zooey Rice (Rashida Jones), but does not seem to have any close friends to share the good news with. After overhearing Zooey's female friends voicing their concerns over his lack of close male friends, Peter realizes he needs to find male friends in order to have a best man for the upcoming wedding.
Risky Business (1983)
, 1h38Directed by Paul Brickman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Erotic thriller films, Teen movie, LGBT-related films, Films about virginity, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Sean Penn, Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot
Rating67%
Joel Goodson is a normal high school student who lives with his wealthy parents in the North Shore area of suburban Chicago. His father wants him to attend Princeton University, his alma mater, so Joel participates in Future Enterprisers, an extracurricular activity in which students work in teams to create small businesses.
Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012)
, 1h32Directed by Lee Toland Krieger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rashida Jones, Ari Graynor, Eric Christian Olsen, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts
Rating65%
Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) are best friends who start dating in high school and eventually marry young. Their relationship is shown in a photo montage; the montage ends with Celeste walking away from Jesse during a party.