Summary
- Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s next film, is projected to be a new masterpiece, with a Rotten Tomatoes score surpassing most of his films.
- The story, based on a nonfiction book, unveils a disturbing conspiracy to seize money from the Osage community in 1920s Oklahoma.
- The film reunites Scorsese with De Niro and DiCaprio, and critics are already calling it one of his best, reflected in its 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s next film, is already projected to be a new masterpiece in the director’s career. In fact, its current Rotten Tomatoes score surpasses all but one of his films from this century, and is his joint highest-rated movie since Goodfellas.
Based on David Grann’s nonfiction book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, the story is set in Oklahoma in the 1920s, when a series of suspicious deaths plague the Osage community. What appears to be a disturbing list of isolated cases gradually reveals itself as a terrible conspiracy to seize the money of the Osage people, which they have obtained after discovering pre-oil deposits on their lands.
Killers of the Flower Moon reunites the director with the two actors who have marked his career, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, accompanied by a great cast that includes Scott Shepherd, Pat Healy, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, Tatanka Means, Michael Abbott Jr., Gary Basaraba, Brendan Fraser, Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson.
After its debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and just a few days before its release in theaters, critics are already calling the film one of the best in Scorsese’s filmography, and its score on Rotten Tomatoes is a reflection of this. At the time of writing this article, Killers of the Flower Moon has an approval rate of 95%, surpassing all the filmmaker’s films within this century, except for The Irishman, which has the same score.
Also based on a book, I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, The Irishman follows the life of Frank Sheeran, a World War II veteran and hired killer who recounts his most important experiences, including the case of Jimmy Hoffa, one of the greatest mysteries of American criminal history. The film also has DeNiro as the main star, joined by two other major Hollywood legends: Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Killers of the Flower Moon Rotten Tomatoes Scores Compared to all of Martin Scorsese Films
Currently, on Rotten Tomatoes, the three productions directed by Martin Scorsese with the highest scores are documentaries. The top is led by My Voyage to Italy and A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies with 100%, followed by The Last Waltz with 98%. The first feature film appears in the fourth place, Goodfellas, with a 96%. The movie was released in the previous century just like Mean Streets, which takes the fifth spot with a 95%, like The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon, proving that his upcoming film is definitely among his best ones.
The top 10 would be completed by Hugo with 93%, followed by Raging Bull, and the documentaries Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese and Public Speaking, all with 92%. At the bottom of the list are 1972’s Boxcar Bertha with 54%, 1977’s New York, New York with 58%, Shutter Island with 69%, Who’s That Knocking at My Door with 70%, and Bringing Out the Dead with 73%.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
