No Country for Old Men2007
No Country for Old Men (2007)
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Critic Consensus: Bolstered by powerful lead performances from Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men finds the Coen brothers spinning cinematic gold out of Cormac McCarthy's grim, darkly funny novel.
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Cast
as Ed Tom Bell
as Anton Chigurh
as Llewelyn Moss
as Carson Wells
as Carla Jean Moss
as Wendell
as Loretta Bell
as Ellis
as Man Who Hires Wells
as El Paso Sheriff
as Agnes--Carla Jean's Mom
as Poolside Woman
as Molly--Sheriff Bell's Secretary
as Strangled Deputy
as Man In Ford
as 'Agua' Man
as Gas Station Proprietor
as 'Managerial' Victims
as 'Managerial' Victims
as Desert Aire Manager
as Cabbie at Bus Station
as Del Rio Motel Clerk
as Boots Salesman
as Gun Store Clerk
as Sporting Goods Clerk
as Mexican In Bathtub
as Hitchhiking Driver
as Nervous Accountant
as Hotel Eagle Clerk
as Border Bridge Youth
as Border Bridge Youth
as Border Bridge Youth
as Flatbed Driver
as INS Official
as Well Dressed Mexican
as Boy On Bike
as Boy On Bike
as Odessa Cabbie
as Norteño Band
as Norteño Band
as Norteño Band
as Norteño Band
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Critic Reviews for No Country for Old Men
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Played by Spanish actor Javier Bardem, Chigurh is the most original bogeyman to bloody up the screen in a while.
For a film that traffics in implacable malice, this movie remains remarkably grounded in the everyday.
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.
The Coens stir up more panic by quietly flicking off a light switch than Michael Bay did with a fleet of Decepticons.
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.
Audience Reviews for No Country for Old Men
Press the replay button again, because this one's a keeper, for sure, as Javier Bardem re-ups the ante some on just what's wrong with those darn kids nowadays in this savvy commentary on modern times. The title doesn't really hit you until after you see it. America the beautiful? This work adores the America everybody is mostly trying to get away from, the America with big wide open spaces in between ... and what can happen there. See a guy sweat bullets just fer askin' "how's the weather up there?" in one of my fav scenes...see it, see it, see it.
Super Reviewer
A phenomenal Western concerning discovered treasure and the troubles it brings for one individual (Josh Brolin), unbeknowest to him that a maniacal serial killer (Javier Bardem) won't rest until he has what's his. It has a beautiful take on the downward spiral humanity is in and the detachment many country folk feel from the current world advancing so fast in technology and forgetting their roots. Bardem is especially memorable as the villain, who is frightening all the way to the end. In my mind though, not worthy of the "Best Picture" honor it received at the Academy Awards that year (that belongs to "Into the Wild"), but still, a truly great film that has aged wonderfully.
Super Reviewer
A Texan welder stumbles across the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and helps himself to the $2 million in cash no-one is left alive to claim. Unfortunately he does not count on a single minded psychopathic killer with a tracking device...This film basically distills elements of all their best work and creates a cold and cynical statement on the state of man. Javier Bardem's character is the most chilling and amoral bastard you will ever see; on more than one occasion he reminded me of a terminator with bad hair, except more cold-blooded! The pursuit of the stolen money just leads to bloodshed and tragedy for all involved, many innocents dying for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The underlying theme is the randomness of life; good things DO NOT happen to good people and there is no karmic "masterplan". This means that the ending may leave some feeling a little cheated because things aren't tied up nicely into a complete and satisfying package as so many stories are conventionally presented. But the journey there is as gripping as anything you are going to see; it has the tension, brooding atmosphere and cynicism of Blood Simple, the pragmatic investigation by a dismayed lawman in a similar way to Fargo and the style and brutal violence of Miller's Crossing. The shoot out between Bardem and Brolin is one of the best I've ever seen, reminding me of Michael Mann meets Peckinpah with a dash of Assault On Precinct 13. It is a case of the journey being better than the destination, but any Coen brothers fan will not be disappointed; they are back to their best.
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No Country for Old Men Quotes
| Sheriff Ed Tom Bell: | Then I woke up. |
| Anton Chigurh: | I'm lookin' for Llewelyn Moss |
| Desert Aire Manager: | Did you go up to his trailer? |
| Anton Chigurh: | Yes, I did. |
| Desert Aire Manager: | Well, I'd say that he's at work. Do you wanna leave the message? |
| Anton Chigurh: | Where does he work? |
| Desert Aire Manager: | I can't say. |
| Desert Aire Manager: | Sir, I ain't at liberty to give no informations about our residents. |