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"No Country for Old Men" is a real return to form for writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen, whose three most recent movies (an unamusing remake of "The Ladykillers," the aggressively unfunny "Intolerable Cruelty" and the stylish but pointless "The Man Who Wasn't There") pale in comparison to their early masterworks (the contemporary noir of "Blood Simple" and "Fargo," the surrealist black humor of "Barton Fink," and the very offbeat hijinks of "Raising Arizona" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?").
Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, "No Country for Old Men" has one of the most basic crime-thriller plots imaginable: Josh Brolin finds a lot of money at the site of a drug deal that went very wrong, wants to keep it, but is pursued by the drug cartel's psycho hitman (Javier Bardem) and a crusty sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones).
What makes the movie special is the way the Coens show us each character's state of mind -- Brolin's quiet desperation, Bardem's quiet relentlessness and Jones' quiet professionalism -- in a movie with many lengthy dialog-free but almost unbearably tense scenes.
Bardem is excellent as the low-key but lethal Chigurh, a guy who definitely knows how to make the most of a compressed-air tank. His encounter with a gas station proprietor early in the movie is a marvel of malevolent minimalism: a blood-chilling conversation about nothing more than a proposed coin toss.
Supporting actors Kelly Macdonald, as Brolin's unsettled but quietly authentic wife, and Woody Harrelson, a "cleaner" dispatched by the drug cartel to corral the possibly gone-rogue Bardem, are as good as the main players.
The only noteworthy flaw with the movie is the Coens' baffling and frustrating decision not to show us the fate of a main character onscreen. Letting something that important happen off-camera was an inexplicably bizarre storytelling choice.
Also, some audience members may feel cheated by the way the movie ends, because things are not exactly tied up in a justice-is-served, life-affirming fashion. Welcome to the real world, people. Sometimes, all a guy can do is sit and stare in hopeless helplessness at a world gone mad.
What's great about it: Stylish, interesting, suspenseful
What's not so great: The scene that isn't shown should have been.
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from Tulsa, OK
I don't know what all of the hype was about. I wanted to see this movie from the time I saw the first preview. I am normally a huge fan of 'odd' movies but I am still waiting for this movie to end. Talk about a let down. I understand the point of the ending and the overall storyline but this is taking subtle a bit too far. Im disappointed that Tommy Lee Jones signed on for such a mellowdramatic role with no vindication what so ever.
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from Seattle, WA
The Coen Brothers make the greatest deadpan thrillers and comedies in cinema history. We have Fargo, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, and Barton Fink. I am a huge fan of their work, can't wait to see their new film, Burn After Reading. "What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?" Such a good movie, saw it twice in the theater. Own it on DVD and Blu Ray.
What's great about it: One of the best films to come out in a long time. Flawless Blu Ray
What's not so great: Ignore the ending. It is the same as the book. Get over it, it's one of the best adaptation also.
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from Chicago, IL
I seriously hope this is not what people think is a good movie. The plot is confusing. Some camera shots look very cheesy as if they were shot by a group of 4th graders making a class video. This is a movie in which the editors should have done a better job in omitting certain scenes. For example a scene where a man cleans his gun wound goes on for 3 or 4 minutes. This movie is honestly very disturbing. A guy killing people with an air tank. There are also some things that are definitely important but only the aftermath is shown and it leaves you guessing what happened. And the ending of this movie has to be the worst ending to a movie that I've ever seen. I think the idea was good but this has to be the most overated movie ever. I can't believe it won 4 Oscars and I would not recommend it to anyone that I know.
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from Thornton, CO
This movie was amazing and so different from what's out right now. This deserves to be seen by everyone. Everything in this movie was awesome except the ending and a cool scene they could have added but didnt. When you see the movie, youll know wat im talkin about. This a definate must watch.
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This film won four major 2007 Oscars (Best Picture, Directors, Supporting Actor, and Adapted Screenplay), and deservedly so. It's the haunting story of Llewelyn Moss, a lower-class Texan whose life is torn apart when he finds a bag full of drug money at the scene of a gang massacre. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between him, the local sheriff, and Anton Chigurh, a sociopathic hit man who leaves a trail of death everywhere he goes. The film's themes of death and fate make this a must-see, unforgettable film.
What's great about it: Best Picture winner full of suspense and fantastic themes