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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936746754
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 98
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 2007
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, 'a prophet of destruction'). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Cliche violence
In its attempt to shock, this movie, in typical Hollywood style, pushes beyond its own credibility and overshoots itself. Psychopaths invariably are neither a) intelligent - the protagonist almost outdoes Hannibal Lecter in his diabolically acute temporal/spatial judgement and absurdly enhanced tracking skills - nor are they courageous - I'm not sure that there are many people capable of performing major operations on themselves without anesthetics, but a common narcoterrorist - get away! Where's ... Read More
Rating:  - Disturbing
People have criticized the random violence and "empty" ending of this film. I am no fan of gratuitous violence or inconclusive messages, so it surprised me that I loved this movie so much. After reading many reviews and comments on Amazon, I agreed with some of the negative points people made about the film. But they didn't change my mind.
This is because No Country for Old Men succeeds in embodying fear. Bad-guy Anton is the most frightening figure since Hannibal Lecter. Why? ... Read More
Rating:  - No Country for Old Men
My first blue ray movie purchase after I had the player for a whole year sitting in my main console collecting dust. The blue ray media in today's economy is outrageously expensive in general. Finally, Amazon offered this movie for an attractive price and I jumped at the opportunity. The movie is excellent but the picture quality is superb in my blue ray. I just hope the media comes down in price to attract the mainstream people to adapt this great technology!
The acting is great and Javier ... Read More
Rating: - I liked it
I didn't really get this movie, or understand why it deserves all the awards it has gotten so far. The action scenes involving an insane murderer going around killing people in graphic style was interesting to the natural horror fan inside of me, but understanding the point of all this went CLEAR over my head. I can't blame the movie for that- only blame myself for not getting it, which explains why I'm giving the album a very good rating (a 4 out of 5).
Rating: - The Coen's near masterpiece
Like their debut film, "Blood Simple", this dark film noir is set in Texas but unlike that film the ending leaves you perturbed. Perhaps what they're saying by the ending is that evil will always persist in this world no matter what ends you do to eliminate it. Again, it's definitely a matter of intepretation but I found this film deserving of the Best Picture of the year at the Oscars. The great Spanish actor Javier Badem deserved to win for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pure evil and ... Read More
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