The Voices
The Voices is a 2014 psychological horror comedy film directed by Marjane Satrapi, written by Michael R. Perry, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver. It had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 6, 2015, by Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with many highlighting Reynolds’ performance. The film follows a man suffering from schizophrenia and trying to maintain secrecy about his hallucinations. While off his medications, the man kills and dismembers his love interest. Later, he hallucinates that the dead woman urges him to kill again in order to provide her with a companion.
- Serial killer? - Yeah! Well, is it something that you are? Like being brown-eyed or right-handed. Or is it something that you choose? Like being an accountant. - I wish I knew. - You can still make the choice, Jerry. You're still a good man. I try to be a good man. I wanna be a good man. - Then there's the cat... - Fuck you, blaming it on me. Hold on a second! Look, I know what is good. I know. I wanna lead a righteous and just life. I wanna be an upstanding member of the community. But, you know, Mr. Whiskers, he makes me do bad things. The cat was nowhere near when you killed me, Jerry. See? See? Thank you, lady-head. Okay. First of all, not true. Second of all, I know right from wrong, okay? I know it. I try to be good. But then certain horrible things happened and I am filled with... With terror and dread, standing outside of myself. Even though I know what I've done, I also feel like...
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- You gonna say it was me? - No, I wasn't gonna say that. All right. Devil's advo-cat. Let's say it was me, but you know that I'm a talking cat. There's no such thing. Everything I say is really you. - It's true, buddy. It's all you. - What? Come on, Jer. You know that. Your pets are spot-on, Jerry.
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