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An ESL / EFL Online Gap-Fill Quiz on Seven

Seven (also as Se7en) is a 1995 American thriller and film, with dark, disturbing scenes. It was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and by David Fincher. It Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey in supporting . The film opens in an un-named city of near-constant rain and urban decay. The newly-transferred David Mills (Pitt) and the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Freeman) are detectives who become deeply involved in the of a sadistic serial killer. Each carefully-planned murder corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust, and envy. Mills becomes the unsuspecting performer of the sin.

The film was acclaimed by critics and currently has an 85% rating on the movie site Rotten Tomatoes. Gary Arnold of The Washington Times praised the : "The film's [winning ] is the personal appeal generated by Mr Freeman as the mature, [thinking] cop and Mr Pitt as the young, headstrong cop.” Sheila Johnston, in her review for The Independent, praised Freeman's : "The film belongs to Freeman and his quiet, carefully detailed of the jaded, older man who learns not to give up the fight," she wrote. In his review for Sight and Sound, John Wrathall wrote: "Seven has the scariest .” The film is frequently in the top ten in of the best ever movies.