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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

With Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson, Garret Dillahunt, Rodger Boyce

Written by Joel & Ethan Coen (based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy)
Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen

Finally, after so many amazing movies, the Coen brothers get multiple Academy Award acknowledgment for their incredible cinematic approach (incl. Best Picture, Best Directors, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem).
I could encapsulate this movie in a four word review: “Fargo in the desert” – but I won’t.
Yes, here in their adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s book there is a bag of money involved (as is customary in a Coen flick). In Texas, a young man comes upon what seems like a drug deal gone wrong. Naturally he takes the money and runs. But, what he didn’t bargain on is the hitman responsible catching onto his trail, willing to go to the ends of the earth to finish his job. Parallel to this we have the aging sheriff piecing the puzzle together as this psychotic killer eliminates many people along the way.
The unmistakable Coen style flourishes and leaves you feeling much more rewarded than after a big budget throw-away Hollywood movie.

DVD Extras: A couple of featurettes include a Making-Of and a look at working with the Coens.

6 / A
- Paul Blom


1 2 3 4 5 6
A - B - C



6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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