--- title: 'Killer Joe (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'William Friedkin' released: '2011-09-08' runtime_minutes: 102 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/killer-joe-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1726669/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Killer Joe (2011) 2011 · 102 min · Drama, Comedy, Crime · United States ## Synopsis Killer Joe is a 2011 American independent Southern Gothic black comedy crime film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay by Tracy Letts is based on his 1993 play of the same name. The film stars Matthew McConaughey in the title role, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, and Thomas Haden Church. It is one of the final films directed by Friedkin. ## Credits - **Director:** [William Friedkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-friedkin) - **Screenplay:** [Tracy Letts](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracy-letts) - **Original Music Composer:** [Tyler Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-bates) - **Producer:** [Nicolas Chartier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-chartier) - **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel) ## Cast - [Matthew McConaughey](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-mcconaughey) as Detective Joe 'Killer Joe' Cooper - [Thomas Haden Church](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-haden-church) as Ansel Smith - [Juno Temple](https://cinepixo.com/people/juno-temple) as Dottie Smith - [Marc Macaulay](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-macaulay) as 'Digger' Soames - [Gina Gershon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-gershon) as Sharla Smith - [Emile Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-hirsch) as Chris Smith - [Julie Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-adams) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.killerjoethemovie.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/killer-joe-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q74643); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.