Michael Kennedy is an American screenwriter. He is known for his collaborations with Christopher Landon, including the slasher films Freaky (2020), It's a Wonderful Knife (2023), Time Cut (2024), and Heart Eyes (2025). His work is often associated with gay horror. It's a Wonderful Knife was nominated for Outstanding Film - Wide Release at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kennedy (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 30, 1980 (46)
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Writer and producer
- 5 on MovieCove · 7 credits in all
What are Michael Kennedy's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael Kennedy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Kennedy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
7 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Heart Eyes 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
Heart Eyes(2025)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Time Cut(2024)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
It's a Wonderful Knife(2023)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Maladjustment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Freaky(2020)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Bordertown(2016)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 6 of them dated from 2016 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Michael Kennedy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 36/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Michael Kennedy's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Michael Kennedy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Kennedy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christopher Landon shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Christopher LandonShared titles: Heart Eyes (2025), Time Cut (2024), Freaky (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Christopher Landon
Producers
- Adam HendricksShared titles: Heart Eyes (2025), It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Hendricks
- Greg GilreathShared titles: Heart Eyes (2025), It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Greg Gilreath
