For a film that traffics in implacable malice, this movie remains remarkably grounded in the everyday.
No Country for Old Men
There are no clean getaways.
2007 · 2h 2m · R
Crime, Thriller, Western
Directed by
Joel Coen
,
Ethan Coen
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No Country for Old Men
Overview
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
Director and cast
- Joel Coen Director
- Ethan Coen Director
- Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh
- Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Bell
- Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss
- Woody Harrelson as Carson Wells
- Kelly Macdonald as Carla Jean Moss
- Garret Dillahunt as Wendell
- Tess Harper as Loretta Bell
- Barry Corbin as Ellis
- Stephen Root as Man Who Hires Wells
- Rodger Boyce as El Paso Sheriff
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
McCarthy's ferocious tale gives the Coens room to unleash their cinematic gifts, but keeps them from wandering too far afield and losing themselves in the marshes of technical prowess or easy irony.
A masterly tale of the good, the deranged and the doomed that inflects the raw violence of the west with a wry acknowledgement of the demise of codes of honour, this is frighteningly intelligent and imaginative.
With its dizzying alternations of comedy and horror, the film is unmistakably a Coen brothers movie -- albeit a much better one than they've made in a while.
No Country for Old Men looks into the unfathomable depths of evil and poses existential questions about human destiny. Meanwhile, it takes your breath away.
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