Violet & Daisy (2011)

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

Director:

Geoffrey Fletcher

Writer:

Geoffrey Fletcher

Stars:

Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Saoirse Ronan	...	Daisy
Alexis Bledel	...	Violet
James Gandolfini	...	The Guy
Marianne Jean-Baptiste	...	Number 1
Danny Trejo	...	Russ
Lynda Gravatt	...	Dolores
Tatiana Maslany	...	April
Cody Horn	...	Barbie Sunday
John Ventimiglia	...	Man #1
Stu 'Large' Riley	...	Man #2
Neville Archambault	...	Man #3
Danny Hoch	...	Man #4
Tuffy Questell	...	Kidnapped Man
Nick Choksi	...	Desk Officer
Gary Hope	...	Hardware Store Cashier

Storyline

Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.

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Plot Keywords:

assassin | cupcake | puppy | father daughter estrangement | surreal | 

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Taglines:

Killing Has Never Been So Beautiful (UK)

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, disturbing behavior and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 June 2013 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Vajolet i Dejzi

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,982, 7 June 2013, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$17,186, 13 June 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magic Violet

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The doll hospital patron is played by Bettye Fletcher, Geoffrey S. Fletcher's real life mother.

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Goofs

On her first trip for bullets, Violet gets a call from someone with directions to the "closed" hardware store. As a paranoid professional assassin, she does not wonder who it is or how the person knows what she is looking for, how they know exactly where she is and what she is doing at that exact moment.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Daisy: [seeing cancelled posters] What are we going to do now?
Violet: I'll think of something.
Daisy, Violet: [cut to them carrying pizzas boxes in Nun outfits]

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Crazy Credits

There is a mid-credits scene that depicts a group of young girls performing "surgery" on dolls and stuffed animals in a doll hospital.

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Connections

References Superbad (2007)

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Soundtracks

Last Dance
Written by Sarah McLachlan
Performed by Sarah McLachlan
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

good as a comic Tarantino parody

I had great expectations for this movie. I mean, how could you miss with the great James Gandolfini and wonderful Saoirse Ronan as headliners (and Alexis Bledel is certainly eyeworthy), and yet the first time through this film I did not enjoy the experience. Then it dawned on me, well, duh, this film is intended to be a Tarantino parody, and it went up several stars in my estimation. Of course, making a parody of a QT film is problematic, because Quentin films are already parodies of other genres such as kung fu, grindhouse, and noir. And so, in a sense, the filmmaker is making a parody of a parody. I mean, Saoirse playing patty-cakes with Danny Trejo? The scene is totally Quentinesque to a ludicrous extreme. And that's parody.

Other motifs that echo and exaggerate Tarantino's style include the implausible violence sequences that can only exist in some alternate film universe (think Black Mamba single-handedly wiping out a small army of yakuza in "Kill Bill,") and the interminable gabfest that fills out a QT script (these people love to talk and talk and talk)... And so, as a parody of a parody, and for its very impressive cast, this film is worth an amused watch.